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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Tony Jones

King urges world leaders to ‘right inequalities that endure’

King Charles III addresses Commonwealth leaders, Foreign Ministers and dignitaries at the opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Apia, Samoa (Ian Vogler/The Daily Mirror/PA) - (PA Wire)

The King has told world leaders the past cannot be changed but nations can “commit” to “right inequalities that endure,” as momentum grew for a debate about slavery reparations.

Charles used his first speech to the Commonwealth’s biennial summit in Samoa as head of the family of nations, to stress how the relationship between member states meant “we can discuss the most challenging issues with openness and respect.”

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