No apology but King Charles will not shy away from slavery issue during Caribbean tour, Buckingham Palace says

LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – King Charles will not shy away from Britain’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade when he tours the Caribbean later this month, but will ​not formally apologise for “the darkest days of our past”, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.

Charles and his ‌wife Queen Camilla will visit the Bahamas and Guyana, before heading to Antigua and Barbuda where he will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which is being held from 1st-4th November this year.

The trip comes amid growing clamour from Caribbean and ​African nations for Britain and other colonial powers to pay reparations for their involvement in slavery, ​with the issue likely to be prominent at CHOGM.