UK's King Charles III decries 'monstrous injustice' of slave trade

The United Kingdom 's King Charles III on Tuesday opened this week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda , a summit of 56 Commonwealth member-state leaders, by speaking of the tragic legacy of the transatlantic slave trade . Charles told those gathered that he had furthered his "own understanding of the issues through listening, learning and looking." "The ​transatlantic trade in enslaved persons still casts a shadow over these islands and other members of our Commonwealth. As I have said before, that shameful chapter of history is one that fills my heart with ⁠horror ​and my soul with the most profound personal sorrow.