New Statesman · 11 Nov 2026
The King’s wealth is tied to the slave trade
Financially, King Charles III benefits from the slave trade practised by his ancestors. This should not be a controversial opinion: Britain, as a whole, does too. Of course it does. Whether the British people should be seen as guilty or financially liable for the moral atrocities of their forebears is another question, but we should not shy away from this obvious reality. To this day, the institutions of this country inherit the financial proceeds of their predecessors’ work.
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