"This isn't about individuals but the monarchy as an institution, she added. What is needed is not simply an apology on behalf of the crown, but acknowledgment of this history and action to address its lasting legacy of global racism and inequality. An apology could be a basis for the honest conversation and transformation we need to have as a country around this issue in a swiftly changing world."
"Reparations is not about exacting collective punishment or confessions of guilt a Crown apology should only be offered if there is an accompanying governmental promise to engage with the systemic work that needs to be done to see how the legacies of slavery have coded our economic and financial infrastructures, and to genuinely commit to their reform and transformat"
MPs, experts and campaigners are calling on King Charles to formally apologize for the British crown's role in transatlantic slavery and to back any apology with substantive action. Research indicates the crown and the Royal Navy extended and protected the trade in enslaved African people for centuries, with monarchs from Elizabeth I to George IV using enslaved people to boost revenues and defend empire. By 1807 the crown was believed to be the largest buyer of enslaved people. King Charles has expressed personal sorrow, but the crown has never issued a formal apology. Calls emphasize that an apology should be paired with governmental commitment to examine and reform systems shaped by slavery's legacies.
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