King’s slavery remarks spark renewed calls for apology, reparations

Eman­ci­pa­tion Sup­port Com­mit­tee mem­ber Shaba­ka Kam­bon says Britain’s colo­nial nar­ra­tive con­tin­ues to shield the Crown from ac­count­abil­i­ty, as King Charles III stopped short of an apol­o­gy and repa­ra­tions com­mit­ment dur­ing the open­ing cer­e­mo­ny of the Com­mon­wealth Heads of Gov­ern­ment Meet­ing in An­tigua and Bar­bu­da yes­ter­day.

King Charles III de­scribed the transat­lantic slave trade as a shame­ful chap­ter of his­to­ry that fills his heart with hor­ror and his soul with pro­found per­son­al sor­row.

“We can­not change the ac­tions of those who came be­fore us. We can, how­ev­er, learn from the past,” he said.