No UK apology over slavery at Commonwealth
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Sean Coughlan
Royal correspondent
Published
18 October 2024, 17:57 BST
Updated 3 hours ago
The government has said there will not be an apology over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, when King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer visit the Commonwealth summit in Samoa next week.
A Downing Street spokesperson had already ruled out financial reparations.
Last year, the King spoke of his “greatest sorrow and regret” at the “wrongdoings” of the colonial era on a visit to Kenya, but stopped short of an apology, which would have depended on the agreement of ministers.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, to be held in Samoa on 25 and 26 October, will bring together the leaders of 56 countries.
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Even if the issue of historic links to slavery is raised at the summit, the UK government has told the BBC there are no plans for a symbolic apology.
There had already been a rejection of reparations over slavery,...
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