King Charles faces pressure over slavery reparations at summit
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 31 Oct, 00:50 · Archive
King Charles will not apologise on behalf of Britain or endorse financial reparations for slavery at next week's Commonwealth summit.
King Charles will not apologise on behalf of Britain or support financial reparations for slavery at next week's Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda, Buckingham Palace has indicated. Caribbean leaders backing a reparations campaign through CARICOM are expected to press their case at the meeting.
Charles has expressed sorrow for slavery's suffering since 2022 without crossing the line to a formal apology, a position Britain has long maintained. Speaking in the Bahamas on Tuesday ahead of the summit, Charles said it was 'only right that we should acknowledge the great suffering and injustices of the past' and noted that leaders from affected countries would discuss the issue.
Niambi Hall Campbell-Dean, chair of the Bahamas' National Reparations Committee, said this did not go far enough. 'We do not need more carefully crafted words about healing,' she stated. 'We need action equal with the scale of the harm inflicted.' About 15 people protested ahead of Charles's arrival in Georgetown, Guyana, with opposition member of parliament Terence Campbell holding a banner reading: 'No apology will return what was stolen.'
How it is being reported
- King Charles' sorrow over slavery faces financial testBuckingham Palace says King Charles won't apologise on behalf of Britain, which has ruled out financial reparations over its role in the slave trade.The West Australian · 31 Oct, 00:12
- King Charles' sorrow over slavery faces financial testBuckingham Palace says King Charles won't apologise on behalf of Britain, which has ruled out financial reparations over its role in the slave trade.Perth Now · 31 Oct, 00:12
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