King Charles's reflective seven-word message in plea to world leaders about slave trade

King Charles spoke astatine the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) successful Samoa and told satellite leaders it is important nations "make the close choices successful the future”

The King has said “none of america tin alteration the past” amid increasing calls for reparations for Britain’s relation successful the enslaved trade.

In his archetypal code arsenic monarch astatine the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) successful Samoa, Charles said helium recognised done listening to radical crossed the 56 nations “how the astir achy aspects of our past proceed to resonate”.

As helium urged world leaders who gathered contiguous connected the Pacific island, helium said: “we tin perpetrate with each our hearts to learning its lessons” In his relation arsenic caput of the commonwealth, the King said it was captious for the household of nations to recognize each other’s past successful bid “to usher america to marque the close choices successful the future”.

The King added successful his landmark speech: "As we look astir the satellite and see its galore profoundly concerning challenges, fto america take wrong our Commonwealth household the connection of assemblage and respect, and cull the connection of division.

"None of america tin alteration the past. But we tin commit, with each our hearts to learning its lessons and to uncovering originative ways to close inequalities that endure."

In an interrogation with the BBC, Chancellor Rachel Reeves reiterated the government's presumption astir reparations. The 45-year-old MP said: "We're not going to beryllium paying retired the reparations that immoderate countries are speaking about. I recognize wherefore they marque those demands but that's not thing that this authorities is doing."

World leaders volition elite the caller Commonwealth secretary-general to regenerate Baroness Scotland during their gathering and each 3 candidates vying for the occupation person called for reparations to countries that were affected by slavery and colonialism.

Ahead of the acme successful Samoa, the Prime Minister's authoritative spokesperson insisted Sir Keir Starmer would not beryllium discussing reparations erstwhile helium attends Chogm.

But officials of Commonwealth nations are looking astatine an statement that could statesman conversations connected the contented done a communique, according to the BBC.

Charles told the gathered satellite leaders: "Together, we correspond a 3rd of humanity, with each the splendidly divers complexity that this entails. And yet we cognize and recognize each other, specified that we tin sermon the astir challenging issues with openness and respect.

"At a clip of heightened planetary tensions, of horrifying struggle and challenges of the top magnitude, it seems to maine that these connections betwixt america are much precious than ever. Together we are wiser, stronger and much capable to respond to the demands of our time."

He added: "That said, our cohesion requires that we admit wherever we person travel from. I understand, from listening to radical crossed the Commonwealth, however the astir achy aspects of our past proceed to resonate."