Prince Charles acknowledges UK role in horror of slave trade


Britain's Prince Charles visits the Manhyia Palace of the Ashanti Kingdom to meet with the Ashanti king Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in Kumasi, Ghana November 4, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

ACCRA (Reuters) - Prince Charles acknowledged Britain's role in the slave trade on Monday calling it an appalling atrocity that had "left an indelible stain on the history of our world".

In a speech in Ghana, which served as a major hub where African slaves were held before being shipped away, most across the Atlantic, the heir-to-the-British throne said the "profound injustice" of the past could never be forgotten.

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