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King Charles begins Caribbean tour as reparations debate looms

Daily Maverick, carrying Reuters, reports King Charles and Queen Camilla start a Bahamas-to-Guyana-to-Antigua tour Oct. 27–Nov. 4 as CARICOM seeks slavery reparations on the CHOGM agenda; the palace says no formal apology.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
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  1. Daily Maverick and New York Times are now reporting this
  2. New headline Was: “King Charles heads to Caribbean as calls for slavery reparations grow”
  3. Our desk filed its story
  4. New headline Was: “‘We want a full apology for slavery’: Commonwealth at a crossroads as king heads to the Caribbean”

Based on reporting by Daily Maverick

Wire reporting: (Reuters, via Daily Maverick)

King Charles and Queen Camilla begin a Caribbean tour on Tuesday that runs through Nov. 4, visiting the Bahamas and Guyana before Antigua and Barbuda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Daily Maverick reported, carrying a Reuters account1.

CARICOM, which includes the Bahamas, Barbados and Jamaica among 23 members and associates, said last month it would press for slavery reparations to be on the CHOGM agenda, according to that report1. Charles remains head of state in some Caribbean realms, including the Bahamas and Antigua and Barbuda1.

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said the king would not formally apologise for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, in line with U.K. government policy that also rules out financial reparations, the reprint said1. The palace said he would not avoid the history on the trip and pointed to work to address lasting inequalities1.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Botchwey last week said it was time to discuss reparations, including non-cash steps such as returning artefacts, the same account said1. Charles expressed personal sorrow over slavery at the 2022 Commonwealth meeting, Reuters reported via Daily Maverick1.

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  1. (Reuters, via Daily Maverick)King Charles heads to Caribbean as calls for slavery reparations grow

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