at the implications and impact of the slave trade in centuries gone by. the king, as prince of wales, did so at the heads of government meeting at the commonwealth conference in rimando last year, when he talked about his personal in rimando last year, when he talked about his personal sorrow, i can t describe the depths of my personal sorrow at the suffering of so many for dot the prince of wales expressed similar sentiments during a visit to the caribbean last year. it is clearly important for the british monarchy to be seen to be addressing this issue. the transatlantic slave trade which britain participated in in the late 17th and 18th centuries, albeit that britain was then at the forefront of banning the international slave trade, but they want to get to the detail of the extent, if any, of any investment by former british monarchs, by trading companies and whatever other implications they may be. ., ., , ,
question the future of the british monarchy. what does this tell us about the future of royal life? t about the future of royal life? i don t think it tells us anything at all. i mean, there is no question about the future of the british monarchy certainly in the uk context. but clearly, with the change of reign, the transition to charles iii, there will be questions being asked around those countries, 14 being asked around those countries, 1a other countries which have the british head of state as their head of state, and again, charles made it absolutely clear at the commonwealth conference in rwanda last year that each country must make its own decision and in a democratic context, that will be completely understood by buckingham palace, by him, if other democratic countries decide that they want to break away and cease to be monarchies, constitutional monarchies, and if they feel that they wish now to become republics. tqm. they feel that they wish now to become republics. 0k, nich