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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tony Jones

King tells Kenyans of ‘greatest sorrow’ for past UK wrongdoings

PA Wire

The King has spoken of the “abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence” committed against Kenyans during their fight for independence from Britain but stopped short of an apology.

Charles used a speech, delivered during a banquet in Kenya held in his honour, to speak of the “greatest sorrow” and “deepest regret” for the “wrongdoings” of the past, a period when Britain’s colonial administration violently put down Kenya’s battle for self-rule.

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