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The King will give the opening address to assembled presidents, prime ministers and other national representatives of the 56 member states on Tuesday.
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King → give → Tuesday
His speech is likely to reflect the change in the Government’s position on the legacy of slavery.
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speech → reflect → slavery
Before the trip, it was understood ministers had not advised the King to offer an apology or reparations, in keeping with established policy.
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ministers → understand → policy
But the prospect of a formal expression of regret is now closer given the Prime Minister’s comments in The Guardian on Friday.
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prospect → give → Friday
Mr Burnham wrote: “We are offering a structured dialogue with those affected by the transatlantic slave trade.
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We → write → trade
“Listening to calls for a formal apology on behalf of the British state will form an important part of this process and I am open to them.”
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I → listen → them
The Prime Minister expressed his “sorrow and regret for the pain and suffering of so many millions” but ruled out considering financial reparations.
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Minister → express → reparations
He wrote: “Some have called for financial reparations for the slave trade.
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Some → write → trade
I do not believe that is the right answer.
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that → believe → ?
“I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous, that happened in a different age under different laws and in which they played no personal part.”
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they → think → part
Caribbean nations made renewed calls for Britain to apologise for its role in selling enslaved people for profit, and for reparations, in the run-up to the King’s tour of the Caribbean.
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Britain → make → Caribbean
Before departing Guyana on Friday, the King visited Independence Park in the capital city of Georgetown, where 33 people involved in the Demerara Rebellion of 1823 were hanged.
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people → depart → 1823
At the park, Charles was joined by Guyana’s culture minister Steven Jacobs to acknowledge the country’s history of slavery and resistance.
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Charles → join → slavery
Charles began his nine-day trip last Tuesday by acknowledging the “great suffering of the past” in a speech at a youth rally in the Bahamas.
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Charles → begin → Bahamas
Ahead of the visit, Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said Charles had recognised slavery as the darkest days in human history, but an apology would be “the next step”.
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apology → say → history
Charles is on a tour of the Caribbean and within hours of arriving at his first leg, the Bahamas, on Tuesday he acknowledged the “great suffering of the past” and confirmed the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting would discuss the legacy of slavery.
The King visited the site where enslaved people were executed in Guyana when British authorities put down one of the largest uprisings of the colonial era.
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authorities → arrive → era
He stood on the edge of Independence Park, in the capital Georgetown, and watched as schoolchildren played sports where 33 of those involved in the Demerara Rebellion of 1823 were hung.
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33 → stand → 1823
And in 2023 Charles described how he was on a personal journey of discovery and was continuing to “deepen my own understanding of slavery’s enduring impact”, in a speech at the opening of a Commonwealth summit hosted by Rwanda.
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he → describe → Rwanda
Before the King left for his trip, Caribbean nations made renewed calls for Britain to apologise for its role in selling enslaved people for profit, and for reparations.
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Britain → leave → reparations
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity” with the UK and EU member states among 52 countries who abstained during the vote in March.
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who → back → March
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, whose administration ditched Queen Elizabeth II, led a group of Caribbean leaders who launched a new slavery reparations manifesto during a reparations conference held in Ghana in June.
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who → ditch → June
Saturday will be a rest day for the King who has completed a busy programme of events in the Bahamas and Guyana and is still receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer.
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who → complete → cancer
The Aporia
