Claims extracted
13
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 13 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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His speech is likely to reflect the change in the Government’s position on the legacy of slavery.
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speech → reflect → slavery
Before the trip, it was understood ministers had not advised the King to offer an apology or reparations, in keeping with established policy.
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ministers → understand → policy
But the prospect of a formal expression of regret is now closer given the Prime Minister’s comments in The Guardian on Friday.
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prospect → give → Friday
“Listening to calls for a formal apology on behalf of the British state will form an important part of this process and I am open to them.”
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I → listen → them
The Prime Minister expressed his “sorrow and regret for the pain and suffering of so many millions” but ruled out considering financial reparations.
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Minister → express → reparations
He wrote: “Some have called for financial reparations for the slave trade.
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Some → write → trade
I do not believe that is the right answer.
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that → believe → ?
“I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous, that happened in a different age under different laws and in which they played no personal part.”
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they → think → part
Caribbean nations made renewed calls for Britain to apologise for its role in selling enslaved people for profit, and for reparations, in the run-up to the King’s tour of the Caribbean.
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Britain → make → Caribbean
Before departing Guyana on Friday, the King visited Independence Park in the capital city of Georgetown, where 33 people involved in the Demerara Rebellion of 1823 were hanged.
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people → depart → 1823
At the park, Charles was joined by Guyana’s culture minister Steven Jacobs to acknowledge the country’s history of slavery and resistance.
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Charles → join → slavery
Charles began his nine-day trip last Tuesday by acknowledging the “great suffering of the past” in a speech at a youth rally in the Bahamas.
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Charles → begin → Bahamas
Ahead of the visit, Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said Charles had recognised slavery as the darkest days in human history, but an apology would be “the next step”.
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apology → say → history
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