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UK Leaders Reflect on Slavery's Dark Legacy as Apology Discussions Emerge

World News

UK Leaders Reflect on Slavery's Dark Legacy as Apology Discussions Emerge

UK foreign minister hints at formal slavery apology but says payouts ‘not feasible’

South China Morning Post

UK foreign minister hints at formal slavery apology but says payouts ‘not feasible’

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said it was "not feasible" for the country to pay reparations for slavery, after King Charles III expressed remorse amid calls for a formal apology and...

'Shameful chapter': King Charles III on Britain's slavery past at Commonwealth meet

CNBC-TV18

'Shameful chapter': King Charles III on Britain's slavery past at Commonwealth meet

King Charles III on Tuesday addressed the issue of Britain's historic role in the transatlantic slave trade by admitting that it was a "shameful chapter" in the country's past that "fills his...

UK’s King Charles calls slavery ‘monstrous injustice’, as PM mulls apology

South China Morning Post

UK’s King Charles calls slavery ‘monstrous injustice’, as PM mulls apology

King Charles called the transatlantic slave trade "a monstrous injustice" on Tuesday, opening a Commonwealth summit in which UK leader Andy Burnham is holding talks about apologising for Britain’s...

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

The New York Times

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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