Speaking at a state banquet on Tuesday, Charles hewed closely to the British government line, saying he felt "the greatest sorrow and the deepest regret" for the wrongdoings of the past. He steered clear of any language that might open a broader conversation about reparations.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) King Charles III has expressed "greatest sorrow and the deepest regret" for the "abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence" committed against Kenyans as they sought independence, during a speech on his first day of a four-day visit. But he didn t explicity apologize for Britain s actions in its former colony, as many Kenyans wanted.
King Charles is in Kenya in his first foreign visit as a monarch to a Commonwealth nation where he addressed the colonial past of British rule in East Africa, and abuses committed by colonial forces, especially in the 1950 s during the Kenyan struggle for independence.