Calls for King Charles to formally apologise for slavery after research shows crown’s role

Book The Crown's Silence details how crown profited from and protected trade in enslaved African people for centuries

MPs, experts and campaigners have called on King Charles to make a formal apology for transatlantic slavery, after research highlighted how the British crown and Royal Navy extended and protected the trade in enslaved African people for hundreds of years.

The king has previously expressed personal sorrow" at the suffering caused by slavery and has spoken of committing to finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure". However, the British crown has never issued a formal apology.