King Charles Says U.K.βs Role in Slave Trade βFills My Heart With Horrorβ NYT - World By: Michael D. Shear 3 November 2026 at 15:33 The monarch called Britainβs trafficking of slaves from Africa a βshameful chapter of historyβ at a meeting of Commonwealth heads of government in Antigua. Β© Pool photo by Chris JacksonKing Charles III with Commonwealth officials in Osbourn, Antigua and Barbuda, on Monday.