king of england "painful past understanding" of colonial rule

King Charles III said in a speech that he understood the painful past, amid the prospect of an apology and demand for reparations for Britain's former slave trade at the Commonwealth Summit.

King Charles III said in a speech at the summit in Samoa, a South Pacific island nation, today (25th) that he knows how the most painful aspects of our past continue to have an impact.

He also stressed that history must be understood in order to make the right choice in the future, and that although history cannot be changed, lessons can be learned from it and creative solutions can be found to correct inequality.

But they didn't directly apologize for colonialism or slave trade.

At the summit, the Caribbean community and Commonwealth nations of the African Union plan to bring the issue of Britain's reparations for past slave trade to the agenda.

Earlier, the BBC reported that the draft of the meeting's joint statement included a statement calling for discussions on reparative justice regarding the trade in the Atlantic Ocean, which enslaved Africans.