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King Charles Says U.K.’s Role in Slave Trade ‘Fills My Heart With Horror’

The monarch called Britain’s trafficking of enslaved people from Africa a “shameful chapter of history” at a meeting of Commonwealth heads of government in Antigua.

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King Charles III with Commonwealth officials in Osbourn, Antigua and Barbuda, on Monday.

King Charles Meets Both Joy and Criticism on Caribbean Tour

During the king’s visits to three former colonies, many people came out for celebratory parades and events. Others said the British state needed to atone for slavery’s toll.

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King Charles III of Britain took part in a parade with the agriculture minister of the Bahamas, Jomo Campbell, center left, and the cultural minister, Leslia Miller-Brice, center right, during a cultural festival in Nassau, Bahamas, in October.

King Charles Meets Both Joy and Criticism on Caribbean Tour

During the king’s visits to three former colonies, many people came out for celebratory parades and events. Others said the British state needed to atone for slavery’s toll.

© Tim Aylen/Associated Press

King Charles III of Britain took part in a parade with the agriculture minister of the Bahamas, Jomo Campbell, center left, and the cultural minister, Leslia Miller-Brice, center right, during a cultural festival in Nassau, Bahamas, in October.

Britain’s Prime Minister Says He’s Open to a Formal Apology for Slavery

The premier’s comments represent a major change in British policy, but they are unlikely to satisfy those who hoped that reparations would follow.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain in Glasgow on Friday.

Britain’s Prime Minister Says He’s Open to a Formal Apology for Slavery

The premier’s comments represent a major change in British policy, but they are unlikely to satisfy those who hoped that reparations would follow.

© Pool photo by Russell Cheyne

Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain in Glasgow on Friday.

King Charles Faces High Stakes Test With Caribbean Tour

The king will confront calls for reparations and apologies for his country’s colonial past as he attends the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.

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King Charles III delivering a speech at a state banquet at Windsor Castle in England this month.
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