# ‘Reparations now’: King and Burnham face protests at Antigua Commonwealth summit

https://mins.news/en/item/123462

- The Guardian, 2026-10-31 06:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/31/protests-expected-king-charles-reparations-slave-trade-commonwealth-summit-antigua

> Activists are treating the Commonwealth leaders’ summit as a chance to press the UK to confront its role in transatlantic enslavement. Charles and UK prime minister Andy Burnham are expected to encounter protests, signs and a candlelight vigil in St John’s. Burnham has offered dialogue and openness to hearing calls for a formal apology, while maintaining that Britain should not pay reparations.

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