King Should Apologise for Slavery, Commonwealth Chief Suggests
23rd October 2026
The secretary-general of the Commonwealth has suggested that the King should apologise for slavery.
Speaking before the King’s visit to the Caribbean, which begins next week, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said that an apology for slavery “wouldn’t hurt” and that the “time has come” for a discussion about reparations.
Asked whether the monarch should apologise, the Commonwealth chief told Sky News: “That’s what the countries have asked for… It wouldn’t hurt to have that. Not at all.”
Perhaps the nations of West Africa, who sold the slaves to the Europeans on the coast, or the Arab countries, who enslaved more Africans than the Europeans did, might go first.
“Us as countries sit around the table to discuss, as difficult a subject as it is, I believe that countries will come to some conclusions. So whether it takes the form of financial reparations or reparations in kind, that is for the countries to decide on.”
When pushed on what she meant by “reparations in kind”, Mrs Ayorkor Botchwey said it could involve “concessional financing”, “return of artefacts” and “climate issues”.
In other words, GIVE US FREE STUFF.