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King Charles to discuss legacy of slavery with Commonwealth leaders at summit

By: Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent

28 October 2026 at 06:55

Royal tour of Caribbean comes as poll suggests majority support among younger Britons for dialogue on slavery reparations

King Charles has confirmed he will discuss the legacy of slavery at a summit with Commonwealth leaders as he begins his Caribbean tour.

The king arrived in the Bahamas on Tuesday to a ceremonial welcome and attended a youth rally at Clifford Park, the site where the country officially gained its independence from British colonial rule in 1973.

All of Today’s European Monarchs are Descended From a Family You’ve Never Heard of: The Oldenburgs

LBV Magazine English Edition

By: Jorge Álvarez

15 October 2026 at 08:54

Most of us can rattle off Europe’s great royal houses: the Bourbons, the Habsburgs, the Plantagenets, the Stuarts, the Romanovs, the Windsors. Far fewer people have heard of the House of Oldenburg, yet few families have left a deeper or longer-lasting mark. Through a long chain of marriages, the Oldenburgs spread across the north of […]