“But leaders may commit to learning from history and “finding imaginative methods to rectify imbalances that endure,” he said at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Several of the group’s leaders want to have a “meaningful conversation” about whether the UK should make amends for its involvement in the slave trade, according to diplomatic sources who spoke to the news.
Speaking for the first time as the leader of the 56-member group, the King did not specifically mention slavery during the beginning of the biennial summit.
Leaders at the summit “must acknowledge our shared history – especially when it’s hard,” according to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
