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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

King Charles urged to intervene over ‘insulting’ child sexual abuse payments

King Charles
The Prince’s Trust, which was founded by King Charles, is legally liable for the victims’ claims. Photograph: Reuters

King Charles has been urged to intervene after the Prince’s Trust, the youth charity he founded, said it would pay compensation of just £2,000 each to child survivors of sexual abuse.

The settlement has been offered to hundreds of British children who were removed from poor working-class families or care homes by the UK government in the last century and sent to “farm schools” in Australia and Canada for “opportunity and education” and then suffered sexual abuse.

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