British Commonwealth representatives ask for reparations and apology ahead of coronation

Signatories to the statement include representatives from Australia, New Zealand, The Bahamas and Canada

Representatives from 12 countries have joined forces to call on King Charles III to acknowledge and apologise for the impacts and ongoing legacy from “genocide and colonisation”. (Molly Darlington, PA)

Representatives from 12 Commonwealth countries have joined forces to call on Britain's king to acknowledge and apologise for the impacts and ongoing legacy from British “genocide and colonisation”.

The statement, which has been sent to Charles, calls on the new monarch to act on the royal family’s recent expressions of sorrow by beginning a process for reparations and returning stolen artifacts and bodily remains.