what the colonial powers the european colonial powers did in africa and elsewhere in the world. i think that, already, the first step, which was the regret of the king two years ago, was an important step. i think everybody is probably waiting for something more, like formal apologies, and so we can open this new chapter and have a transparent relationship, looking back at history with, you know, the honesty and openness that it deserves, so we can move to the future. princess esmeralda, talking to the bbc a little earlier. and before we go tonight a tale of sunken treasure at the bottom of the ocean. colombian naval officials have found two more historical shipwrecks, close to the remains of the sanjose galleon, a spanish ship laden with treasure that was sunk
you invited his belgian king again. we have important things to settle here like - free education but the president i prefers we invite a belgian king, to do what? to loot us again? let s take a closer look at what king philippe said about belgium s colonial past. in a letter injune 2020 he wrote : i would like to express my deepest regrets for these injuries of the past, the pain of which is now revived by the discrimination still too present in our societies. it falls short of an apology and king leopold ii is never mentioned. the letter came after the death of george floyd in police custody in the us and the black lives matter protests that followed. these spread to belgium where there was a renewed focus on the nation s colonial history these images show authorities removing a statue of king leopold ii from a public square that same month they did so after thousands of belgians took part in demonstrations and vandalised statues of the colonial ruler. belgium s princess esmera