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Memo to King Charles: if the Dutch king can apologise for slavery, why can’t you? | Raoul de Jong

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Memo to King Charles: if the Dutch king can apologise for slavery, why can’t you? | Raoul de Jong
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It has been three years since Willem-Alexander said sorry, so please use your trip to the Caribbean to follow his exampleDear King Charles,You are currently on a Caribbean royal tour through the Bahamas, Guyana, and Antigua and Barbuda. I understand that during this tour you will not issue a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, or address the role your own family played in it. You will instead express your “sorrow”, and this will make it easier for politicians to a

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