King Charles urged ‘as human brother’ to support reparations talks at Caribbean summit
The head of the Caribbean’s reparations commission, Hilary Beckles, has urged King Charles III to support slavery reparations talks. Beckles is appealing to the King's personal sense of justice to address the historical enrichment of the royal family through chattel slavery.
Why it matters
The call for reparations remains a significant geopolitical and moral issue affecting the relationship between the British monarchy and Commonwealth nations.
Hilary Beckles gives a speech during a plenary session at the high-level consultative conference on the next steps to the landmark UN resolution on the trafficking of enslaved Africans on 18 June 2026. Hilary Beckles gives a speech during a plenary session at the high-level consultative conference on the next steps to the landmark UN resolution on the trafficking of enslaved Africans on 18 June 2026. King Charles III King Charles urged ‘as human brother’ to support reparations talks at Caribbean summit Caricom commission chair Hilary Beckles wants king to ensure Commonwealth becomes a ‘moral institution committed to human justice’
Prefer the Guardian on Google The head of the Caribbean’s reparations commission has appealed to King Charles as a “human brother” whose family he said had benefited from slavery to support reparations talks at next month’s Commonwealth leaders meeting in the Caribbean .
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