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Buckingham Palace say the king will not ‘shy away’ from Britain’s role in slavery when he visits Commonwealth nations later this month
King Charles III to acknowledge ‘darkest days’ of Britain’s colonial rule during Caribbean tour Buckingham Palace say the king will not ‘shy away’ from Britain’s role in slavery when he visits Commonwealth nations later this month King Charles III will acknowledge the “darkest days” of colonial rule and slavery while touring Caribbean countries on a visit beginning this month, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said on Friday.with Queen Camilla, where Charles will give a speech at a meeting of Commonwealth heads of government, the palace said.
Charles, 77, who is still receiving treatment for cancer, will visit former colonies that are now independent from Britain and are members of the British Commonwealth. The palace spokesperson told reporters the king’s visit, from 27 October to 4 November, would not “shy away from the ’darkest days of our past’, as His Majesty has described them”.
Charles used the phrase in a speech in Barbados when he attended the ceremony in which it became a republic in 2021, removing his mother,The palace said Charles had worked to acknowledge “the wrongs of the past” and “right inequalities that endure”, and on this trip would “renew his personal, wholehearted and continuing commitment to that process”. The UK government reiterated last month its rejection of calls for the payment of slavery reparations after a Jamaican delegation filed a petition addressed to Charles on the issue.
The palace said discussions about the colonial legacy and the slave trade were “important” but “primarily matters for governments to address”. On a 2022 Caribbean tour, Charles’s son Prince William and his wife, Catherine, were met with anti-monarchy protests and calls for slavery reparations. Charles’s younger brother, Prince Edward, later that year cancelled a visit to Grenada after pro-republican protests there.
Guyana, the only English-speaking country in South America, is a republic and Charles will make a state visit on the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain. The trip will feature plenty of meetings with local people and will focus on “the vibrant present and promising future of each country”, the palace said. The programme includes meetings with cricketing legends in Antigua and Barbuda, where the West Indies team is based, and meeting conservationists responsible for Guyana’s rainforest.
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