How Boris Johnson and King Charles clashed over slavery reparations

By CLAIRE ELLICOT, WHITEHALL EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 17:00 EST, 10 November 2024 | Updated: 17:47 EST, 10 November 2024 Boris Johnson clashed with the King over the issue of slavery, fearing he had been captured by ‘woke ideology’, a new book reveals. The former PM ‘went in quite hard’ on Charles, who was the Prince of Wales at the time, after he said he wanted to ‘acknowledge the evils’ of colonialism. It came after Charles had described the Tory government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda as ‘appalling’, according to political journalist Tim Shipman In his account of Brexit – Out – he revealed Charles feared the policy would create tension at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the Rwanda capital of Kigali. When the pair met at the summit, Mr Johnson privately took Charles to one side to complain about him ‘sh**bagging’ the policy, the book says. ‘Did you actually criticise government policy?’ he asked. ‘Mr Johnson reportedly told an aide that Charles replied: ‘Well maybe, inadvertently, without intention I may have said something’,’ Mr Shipman wrote. The pair then reportedly clashed over the issues of slavery and reparations, with Charles saying he wanted...