# King Charles expresses ‘sorrow’ over slave trade in Antigua

https://mins.news/en/item/127701

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-03 18:32 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/3/uks-king-charles-expresses-profound-sorrow-over-transatlantic-slave-era?traffic_source=rss

> At the opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda, King Charles III said the transatlantic slave trade filled him with “horror” and “the most profound personal sorrow”. He stopped short of formally apologising for colonial-era slavery as Caribbean nations called for reparations.

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