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King Charles tells summit past can’t be changed
Updated On: 26 October, 2024 08:25 AM IST | Wellington | Agencies
The British monarch told leaders in Apia that he understood “the most painful aspects of our past continue to resonate”
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King Charles (centre) watches as dancers perform in Apia. PIC/AFP
King Charles III told a summit of Commonwealth countries in Samoa on Friday that the past could not be changed as he indirectly acknowledged calls from some of Britain’s former colonies for a reckoning over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The British monarch told leaders in Apia that he understood “the most painful aspects of our past continue to resonate”. But Charles stopped short of mentioning financial reparations that some leaders at the event have urged, and instead exhorted them to find an understanding of history.
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