Prince Charles said that questions of Commonwealth membership could be resolved “calmly and without rancour”The Prince of Wales expressed his sorrow over slavery and acknowledged growing antimonarchist sentiment within the Commonwealth as he spoke to the leaders of member nations today. Prince Charles acknowledged that demands for a reckoning of the Commonwealth’s colonial history represented a “conversation whose time has come”. SponsoredAddressing the opening ceremony of a summit of Commonwealth leaders, he said that the potential of the 54-member bloc would not be realised unless all “acknowledge the wrongs which have shaped our past”. Charles stands in for Queen at Commonwealth summit“I cannot describe the depths of my personal sorrow at the suffering of so many, as I continue to deepen my own understanding of slavery’s enduring impact,” the prince told the gathering, which is meeting for first time since 2018. “If we are to forge

Source: The Times June 24, 2022 12:36 UTC