The 66-year-old star has blasted Britain’s historic ties to the slave trade and the empire, and she called on the monarchy to issue an apology.
The 66-year-old star has blasted Britain’s historic ties to the slave trade and the empire, and she called on the monarchy to issue an apology amid widespread criticism over its past links.
‘Listen, this is not new. I suspect Charles, when he was in Barbados, had some idea because he went on and apologised as he was releasing the hold that Britain has. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were met with protests when they arrived in Jamaica, which has ‘already started’Members of the country’s Rastafarian community accused the royals of benefiting from ‘blood, tears and sweat’ of Jamaican people.
He echoed past speeches by his father Prince Charles as he referred to the slave trade as an ‘appalling atrocity’ that ‘stains our history’.
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