UK’s King Charles expresses ‘horror’ at ‘monstrous injustice’ of slavery
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November 3, 2026
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda (AFP) — King Charles III called the transatlantic slave trade “a monstrous injustice” Tuesday as he opened a Commonwealth summit that comes as UK leader Andy Burnham mulls apologising for Britain’s role in slavery.
“That shameful chapter of history is one that fills my heart with horror and my soul with the most profound personal sorrow,” the monarch told the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda.
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