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Prince William addresses ‘abhorrent’ slave commerce PRINCE William instructed of his “profound sorrow” relating to the “abhorrent” subject of slavery throughout a landmark speech in Jamaica. The Duke of Cambridge, 39, addressed politicians amid the persevering with unrest throughout the nation in wake of calls for for the Royal Household to apologise and pay billions of kilos…
Prince William addresses ‘abhorrent’ slave commerce
PRINCE William instructed of his “profound sorrow” relating to the “abhorrent” subject of slavery throughout a landmark speech in Jamaica.
The Duke of Cambridge, 39, addressed politicians amid the persevering with unrest throughout the nation in wake of calls for for the Royal Household to apologise and pay billions of kilos in reparations.
He instructed friends on the black-tie banquet “it ought to by no means have occurred” earlier than reiterating the phrases of his father Prince Charles.
The Duke echoed the Prince of Wales’ phrases throughout his speech, who branded the slave commerce a “stain on our historical past” 4 months in the past when Caribbean neighbours Barbados declared itself a republic.
William additionally hailed the “spirit” of the Windrush Technology who got here from Jamaica and settled in Britain post-war.
William mentioned final evening: “Anniversaries are additionally a second for reflection, significantly this week with the Worldwide Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Commerce.
“I strongly agree with my father, The Prince of Wales, who mentioned in Barbados final yr that the appalling atrocity of slavery ceaselessly stains our historical past.
“I need to categorical my profound sorrow. Slavery was abhorrent. And it ought to by no means have occurred.
“Whereas the ache runs deep, Jamaica continues to forge its future with willpower, braveness and fortitude,” he continued.
