Charles to look into the monarchy’s links to slavery

While I'm a republican, I have a bit of time for Charles. He's certainly a much more progressive thinker than his father was. I believe and hope he's doing it in the spirit of transparency and reparation but I think he's also quite naive. It won't take much for the press to turn on him again, that's for sure.
 
HarryVegas said:
While I'm a republican, I have a bit of time for Charles. He's certainly a much more progressive thinker than his father was. I believe and hope he's doing it in the spirit of transparency and reparation but I think he's also quite naive. It won't take much for the press to turn on him again, that's for sure.
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The naive part is the trouble Harry and you do feel he could be manipulated.
 
ThePrisoner said:
It's strange, if it is a real investigation as the inevitable result will be that the monarchy is pursued for reparations, so I wonder what game is being played by old Big Ears.
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I think it's just addressing the growing pressure on people whose family benefited historically from slavery to address the sins of their ancestors.

He's currently King of 7 black majority Caribbean countries where slavery was rampant under the British Empire, not to mention the overseas territories.

I expect most of them will become republics in the next decade or so, but whilst he's still their King, it's a big elephant in the room.
 
TeaCider said:
I think it's just addressing the growing pressure on people whose family benefited historically from slavery to address the sins of their ancestors.

He's currently King of 7 black majority Caribbean countries where slavery was rampant under the British Empire, not to mention the overseas territories.

I expect most of them will become republics in the next decade or so, but whilst he's still their King, it's a big elephant in the room.
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We witnessed protests when William and Kate toured the Caribbean recently.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
We witnessed protests when William and Kate toured the Caribbean recently.
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www.google.com

Barbados: Prince Charles acknowledges 'appalling' history of slavery as island becomes a republic

Prince Charles was invited to speak at the transition ceremony formalising the Caribbean island's decision to remove the Queen as its head of state.
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He addressed it whilst attending Barbados' ceremony for becoming a republic 18 months ago, so it's been in his head for a while.
 
TeaCider said:
I think it's just addressing the growing pressure on people whose family benefited historically from slavery to address the sins of their ancestors.

He's currently King of 7 black majority Caribbean countries where slavery was rampant under the British Empire, not to mention the overseas territories.

I expect most of them will become republics in the next decade or so, but whilst he's still their King, it's a big elephant in the room.
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It’s a good job it’s not actual elephant 🐘…


as his father would have shot it.
 
A possibly pointless exercise, as the church were involved in profiting from it and there seems to have been one qualification for becoming head of the Anglican church since Henry VIII found himself in the hot seat...

But seriously, our history is littered with despotic, cruel and frankly bizarre monarchs. If the current incumbent is using his time to reflect upon some terrible aspects of history, then that's not a bad thing.

Here's a nice little historic tale: when a son of Henry I blinded a leading noble's son, he atoned for the issue by letting that noble select one of the royal grandchildren and she was blinded as a revenge measure. Fair's fair, after all.
 
jeff_potato said:
But seriously, our history is littered with despotic, cruel and frankly bizarre monarchs. If the current incumbent is using his time to reflect upon some terrible aspects of history, then that's not a bad thing.
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But to what end though as we already know the answer as the uk monarchy is largely the reason slavery at that time existed.

There’s a reason they are called the colonies and colonials.

I think it’s a way of distancing himself from the blood on the royals hands and then what compensation and who pays ???

What next an apology to Anne Boleyn great great great cousin.
 
HarryVegas said:
While I'm a republican, I have a bit of time for Charles. He's certainly a much more progressive thinker than his father was. I believe and hope he's doing it in the spirit of transparency and reparation but I think he's also quite naive. It won't take much for the press to turn on him again, that's for sure.
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Harry, this happens every time there’s a change of management. Just another pretence of some level of mea culpa. “ Look we’re are changing with the times…we are aware”
He knows, and his advisors are very much aware that the old Queen is sill very much ‘present’
in consciousness of the country. He has to tread very carefully.
The big gig is coming up…see what the reception is after that.
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