King Charles backs research probing monarchy’s ties to slavery
said on Thursday, after a newspaper report said a document showed a historical connection with a transatlantic slave trader.
The recently discovered document was signed by Edward Colston, a slave trade magnate whose history became widely known after protesters pulled down a statue to him in Bristol, southwest England, and threw it in the harbour during 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.“This is an issue that His Majesty takes profoundly seriously,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
That process had continued with “vigour and determination” since Charles succeeded his mother on the throne last September, it said.
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