The King today acknowledged the painful legacy of the historic slave trade as he visited the site of one of the bleakest episodes in Guyanese history.
Charles, 77, paused to reflect at the spot where dozens of public executions took place during the brutal crushing of the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823.
While he will not be giving a speech during the latest leg of his three-country official Caribbean tour, having made public reference to the ‘great suffering and injustices of the past’ in the Bahamas earlier this week His Majesty was still keen to also acknowledge historic wrongs during his two-day
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