My heart is filled with horror': King Charles speaks of his 'profound personal sorrow' over slave trade
Charles said the slave trade fills his heart with horror and pledged to address past wrongs with action for the future.
- On Tuesday, King Charles addressed the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua, stating the transatlantic slave trade "fills my heart with horror and my soul with the most profound personal sorrow," though he did not issue a formal apology for the UK's historic role.
- The monarch's remarks occurred during his nine-day Caribbean tour, where he followed Government guidance that has not advised him to offer an apology or financial reparations for the UK's historic role.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a policy shift, proposing a "debt reset" and allocating £40 million for Caribbean infrastructure while explicitly ruling out direct financial reparations for the transatlantic slave trade.
- The Caribbean Community is "ready to engage" in structured dialogue the Government offered, said Prime Minister Philip J Pierre, chairman of the bloc, signaling receptiveness to negotiations.
- Activists gathered outside the venue holding placards demanding "reparatory justice" and an apology, highlighting persistent tension between official diplomatic strategies and ongoing demands for accountability regarding the transatlantic slave trade.
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He spoke at the opening of the Commonwealth Leaders' Summit, following a multi-day tour of the Caribbean.
Charles III said on Tuesday his "horror" in the face of slavery, which he described as "monstrous injustice", opening the summit of Commonwealth leaders, some of whom ask for official apologies for the role of the United Kingdom in the transatlantic trade. ...
'That shameful chapter of history is one that fills my heart with horror and my soul with the most profound personal sorrow,' the British monarch says
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King stops short of offering formal apology over transatlantic slave trade
In his address to presidents and prime ministers of the Commonwealth Charles said the transatlantic slave trade fills his heart with horror.
King Charles acknowledes 'wrongs of past' in speech at Commonwealth Summit
King Charles has finally acknowledged the “wrongs of the past as he delivered keynote speech at the Commonwealth Simmit on Tuesday.In an apparent nod to Britain's role in the slave trade, King Charles told the world...
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