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King Charles Stops Short of Apologizing for Colonial Abuses in Kenya

‘DEEPEST REGRETS’

At the state banquet in Nairobi, he seemed unwilling to outright apologize for “the wrongs of the past” or to open a conversation about reparations.

King Charles stands next to Kenyan President William Ruto
State House in Nairobi via REUTERS

King Charles Tuesday expressed “deepest regret” for “the wrongs of the past” at a state banquet in Nairobi, but stopped short of outright apologizing for Britain’s brutal and bloody repression of the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya

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