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The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade

From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade

The Guardian - UK

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals

Exclusive: Author of The Crown’s Silence tells how navy and monarchy protected slave trade for hundreds of years

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners urge king to do more to acknowledge UK’s slavery role

Charles should adopt specific measures to build understanding of the legacy of enslavement, say activists and academics

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The Colston connection: how Prince William’s Kensington Palace home is linked to slavery

Palace was residence of William III, who was given shares in slave-transport company, and successive monarchs involved in trade

The Guardian - UK

King Charles signals first explicit support for research into monarchy’s slavery ties

Buckingham Palace makes public statement after Guardian presents evidence of royals’ long history of involvement in transatlantic trade

The Guardian - UK

The British kings and queens who supported and profited from slavery

From Elizabeth I to William IV, over a period of 270 years monarchs had links to the slave trade

The Guardian - UK

Quebec sovereigntists urge Canada to cut ties to British monarchy

Symbolic parliamentary motion stands little chance of success, but renews debate around role of British crown in Canada.

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Queen’s death accelerates ex-colonies’ push to ditch UK crown

Removing the British monarch as head of state would complete ‘decolonisation process’, Jamaican academic says.

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