More royal pomp and circumstance.

Kamiso, the biggest mistake was in not adding signage to the statues in question, explaining e.g. about slavery and what it meant and how the people would not be revered now because we know better. Tearing down a statue was instant gratification for the wreckers, but it doesn’t inform future generations how it was wrong. It simply wiped slavery out of the history of the place.

Charles should apologise for his ancestors role in slavery and pay reparations.

Grany

Charles should apologise for his ancestors role in slavery and pay reparations.

So should the Italians and Norwegians apologise to us for what their ancestors did ( I’m looking towards Lindisfarne as I write this). Different times different attitudes. And we were the country that helped to bring an end to slavery.

Quite Maybe if everyone had to apologise for what their ancestors had done the whole world would be apologising

luluaugust

Quite Maybe if everyone had to apologise for what their ancestors had done the whole world would be apologising

That would be a sorry state of affairs.

That is advertising Grany, aren't you supposed to ask permission from GNHQ and use a separate thread if you want to promote your books?

Im sure GNHQ can help as they offer a full range of promotional opportunities.

Charles gets 45% pay rise funding. From £86million to £125million Disgusting No money for public service workers doctors nurses teachers ect

I can't help thinking that all this stuff about "reparations" is rather pointless. The history of the human race is full of instances of internecine war, persecution, slavery, invasion, genocide, you name it. So where does the reparation bandwagon stop? It certainly isn't limited to the "bad old" British Empire, as some would have us believe, or to the white races as perpetrators and everyone else as victims.

There is universal shame out there if we choose to seek it out, and we're all part of it, so rather than pointlessly exchange penance pennies for past deeds, wouldn't it be better if we just concentrated on making sure that it doesn't happen again, on treating each other with respect in the present world, and where those evils still persist today, on concentrating on attempting to stop them?

Well, they won't be having a cost of living crisis, that's for sure...🙄

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/20/king-charles-to-receive-huge-pay-rise-from-uk-taxpayers

DiamondLily

Well, they won't be having a cost of living crisis, that's for sure...🙄

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/20/king-charles-to-receive-huge-pay-rise-from-uk-taxpayers

Yes thats not counting the costs to local councils during visits, royal spending, the two duchies and huge cost of security

There is universal shame out there if we choose to seek it out, and we're all part of it, so rather than pointlessly exchange penance pennies for past deeds, wouldn't it be better if we just concentrated on making sure that it doesn't happen again, on treating each other with respect in the present world, and where those evils still persist today, on concentrating on attempting to stop them?

Good point. Apart from apologising that your ancestors were part of anything bad, where would reparation start or stop.
My ancestors had no part in slavery in the past, if my searches into ancestry are true, but even if they had, monetary reparation was up to them, not up to me. We can’t pay money to those who were affected at the time, because they’re dead.
If you were talking about something more recent, e.g. the Windrush affair, then people who suffered because of that may still be alive, and deserve reparation, but what sort and from whom? The government in power at the time? The people who voted for the government in power at the time? Any government who has had anything to do with the matter together with their political supporters?

Good points micmc and Mollygo.

Grany

DiamondLily

Well, they won't be having a cost of living crisis, that's for sure...🙄

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/20/king-charles-to-receive-huge-pay-rise-from-uk-taxpayers

Yes thats not counting the costs to local councils during visits, royal spending, the two duchies and huge cost of security

Yeah, some snouts are well in the taxpayer trough...🙄

Can not believe this huge pay rise. I don't think there's a need to explain why.

"The truth is that the monarchy is deceiving the public about its income, funding and wealth. The crown estate does not belong to the royal family, and it doesn’t provide the funding for the monarchy."

The Guardian says no reason to give Charles millions more. This set up started by David Cameron George Osborne