Britain’s political and cultural elites’ bottomless capacity for hating their nation’s past is catching on. So much so that it has been hard to tell if King Charles has been a visiting monarch or a captured fugitive on his tour of the Caribbean this week. It might be the longstanding policy of the British government and the royal family not to apologise for or pay reparations for slavery, but Britain’s former colonies and current Commonwealth partners smell blood.
King Charles shouldn’t apologise for Britain’s role in the slave trade
