For the first time, King Charles III has signaled support for research into the British monarchy's ties to slavery after a document showed an ancestor owned shares in a slave-trading company. abc15
For the first time, King Charles III has signaled support for research into the British monarchy's ties to slavery after a document showed an ancestor owned shares in a slave-trading company, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said Thursday.
The statement was in response to an article in The Guardian newspaper that revealed a document showing that the deputy governor of the slave-trading Royal African Company transferred 1,000 pounds of shares in the business to King William III in 1689. Charles ascended to the throne last year after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. His coronation is planned for May 6.Charles and his eldest son, Prince William, have expressed their sorrow over slavery but haven't acknowledged the crown's connections to the trade.
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