King Snubs Calls for Slavery Apology in Major Speech

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BEN STANSALL / Ben Stansall/ Reuters King Charles has said Britain’s role in the slave trade “fills my heart with horror and my soul with profound sorrow” in a major speech —but did not offer a formal apology. The monarch has been under pressure to show contrition this week after the U.K. prime minister reignited the debate about a state apology for transatlantic slavery. However, Charles has chosen to empathize rather than apologize during his Caribbean tour. While in Antigua and Barbuda opening the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on Tuesday, he said: “The transatlantic…

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