Troubled histories: UK Caribbeans on King Charles and the royals
1 year, 7 months ago

Troubled histories: UK Caribbeans on King Charles and the royals

Al Jazeera  

British Caribbeans share their views on the king’s coronation and relevance of the monarchy. Al Jazeera spoke to some of London’s Caribbean community about their views on Charles and the royals, whether troubled histories can ever be forgiven, and the Caribbean push to remove the monarchy. ‘Their history is based on colonialism, racism, slavery, corruption’ Cheryl Phoenix, independent legal advocate for education law: Will you be watching the coronation? I don’t think about the monarchy because the monarchy is not there for poor people like us. ‘Whenever I hear the term commonwealth, I often think the wealth was not common’ Chukuma Wagadugu, 54, business owner: Will you be watching the coronation?

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Opinion: What’s stopping King Charles from saying ‘sorry’ for slavery?
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Opinion: What’s stopping King Charles from saying ‘sorry’ for slavery?

CNN  

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Hindustan Times  

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Live Mint  

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