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Oct 2, 2026
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An official statement from royal aides confirms that the British monarch will not shy away from acknowledging historical atrocities and the enduring legacies of colonial exploitation while visiting Commonwealth member states.
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Accompanied by Queen Camilla, the king's itinerary includes solo visits to the Bahamas and Guyana before traveling to Antigua and Barbuda, culminating in his attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in early November.
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While the palace stressed that Charles remains committed to reflecting on past wrongs and finding ways to right inequalities that endure, officials clarified that he will not formally apologize or offer financial reparations, maintaining that such administrative decisions rest with elected government ministers rather than the constitutional monarchy.
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The upcoming tour represents King Charles and Queen Camilla's first official state visit to the Caribbean region as monarch and consort, taking place while the King continues receiving scheduled medical treatment.
Mark PownallHOST
Yeah.
Gary AdsheadGUEST
But anyway, um, so the government's brought in temporary special powers, the likes of which we have not seen since CHOGM, which was 2011.
Mark PownallHOST
Mm-hmm.
Mark PownallHOST
Okay.
Katherine ForsterHOST
And of course, uh, the government still seems to be really keen to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius despite the fact that Mauritius never actually owned them in, in the first place.
Katherine ForsterHOST
And also, there's a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, uh, coming up in a few weeks.
Katherine ForsterHOST
Uh, we know that they're going to be banging the drum, uh, for reparations loudly.
Katherine ForsterHOST
I mean, I was in India in the summer, and what struck me was how welcoming the Indian people are to the Brits.
Oliver LaneCORRESPONDENT
So it's the first time in 15 years that these sorts of powers have been enacted.
Oliver LaneCORRESPONDENT
The last time was 2011 during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Oliver LaneCORRESPONDENT
Um, so it is quite rare that, uh, yeah, we see these powers actually put into place.
Ben O'SheaHOST
Yeah, it'll certainly be fascinating to see how the event unfolds.
Oliver LaneCORRESPONDENT
So it's the first time in 15 years that these sorts of powers have been enacted.
Oliver LaneCORRESPONDENT
The last time was 2011 during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Oliver LaneCORRESPONDENT
Um, so it is quite rare that, uh, yeah, we see these powers actually put into place.
Ben O'SheaHOST
Yeah, it'll certainly be fascinating to see how the event unfolds.
Roya NikkhahHOST
He is going to need a lot of that diplomatic deftness of touch, isn't he, when they embark on the Commonwealth tour and we go along with them.
Roya NikkhahHOST
Because he and the Queen will be at Commonwealth Heads of Government in Antigua and Barbuda in November.
Roya NikkhahHOST
And then before that, the King is going solo to Guyana in the Bahamas.
Roya NikkhahHOST
Now, we know there is an enormous amount of rumbling across a lot of Commonwealth countries, particularly in the Caribbean, around the issue of reparations for slavery, historic.
Kate ManseyHOST
It's going
Roya NikkhahHOST
to come up throughout that tour.
Kate ManseyHOST
It comes up, doesn't it, every two years when we have the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
Kate ManseyHOST
And...
James CurranGUEST
Michael Thorley, who was Prime Minister and Cabinet at the time, said that Keating was almost evangelical about this.
James CurranGUEST
There was a view that had been put to Keating by Alan Gingell that Australian Prime Ministers were spending too much time at meetings of CHOGM, the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, and the Pacific Islands Forum, that they needed a bigger stage on which to walk.
James CurranGUEST
Keating was passionate about this for many reasons.
James CurranGUEST
One was It gave Australia a seat at the table.
Alastair CampbellHOST
It reminds me of when Mandela, when he was at the, um...
Alastair CampbellHOST
He was at CHOGM in Edinburgh, and there was this display of s- Scottish culture, [laughs] and all the pipes and the drums and the dancing, and he said, "I'm not sure these people are ready for independence." [laughs]
Rory StewartHOST
[laughs] No. No. Really? [laughs] No.
Alastair CampbellHOST
[laughs]
Michael McCormackGUEST
Well, I've got nothing against him being on a royal stage.
Michael McCormackGUEST
I think he needs to turn up to the UN and to ASEAN and to CHOGM and to G20 and to other conferences.
Michael McCormackGUEST
But at home, the situation is crook.
Michael McCormackGUEST
It's as crook as I've seen it.
Matt WilkinsonHOST
This is a kind of diplomatic, uh, this is a Commonwealth country, Uganda.
Matt WilkinsonHOST
They'll be at CHOGM later this, this year.
Matt WilkinsonHOST
The King will be there.
Matt WilkinsonHOST
This is a country's military leader, um, you know, talking about the royal family, and it, there's a, there are actual consequences from what Harry is doing.
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