King Charles has come under scrutiny after a contentious statement during his royal visit to Kenya, in which he addressed Britain’s ‘wrongdoings’ during its colonial era.
During a state banquet in Nairobi the King said: “We must also acknowledge the most painful times of our long and complex relationship. The wrongdoings of the past are a cause of the greatest sorrow and the deepest regret. There were abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence committed against Kenyans, and for that there can be no excuse.”
Though many have praised Charles for his words, some feel they may stray too close to an apology. GB News’ Patrick Christys gave his view during a conversation with royal correspondent Angela Levin on GB News Tonight.
“That's an apology, I think, Angela isn't it? Should he be apologising on our behalf?“
Patrick Christys criticised King Charles for his words during Kenya visit
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Levin responded, “I don't think he should be apologising on our behalf, not at all. They've been independent for 60 years and I think you don't then expect people to keep giving you money on your behalf.”
“We’ve made an arrangement. It was terrible. The Myanmar was difficult, they were bad and the English were bad, but actually once they'd made a decision and got their £20 million - just under £20 million - then you sort of leave it. You can't go on and on and on.”
“It reminds me of Prince Harry, keeping on asking his father for money. You've got to stand on your own two feet.”
“And the difficulty is that they get on incredibly well. The royal family love going there and the President loves them coming and it's been a very important place because Elizabeth became Queen there. Prince William asked Catherine to marry him there. You know, they do love it, so why add nastiness?”
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King Charles acknowledged Britain's colonial past in Kenya
ReutersPatrick also asked Levin: “Is it bad for Britain? Does this feed into this narrative that Britain has got a horrible past, that children need to be taught about that in schools and that we've got everything to be ashamed of? You know, this is our king. I love the king. I love the royal family. But I look at stuff like this and I think, dare say sorry for me?"
Levin replied, “Yeah, but we have a lot of people and we've just got it at the moment where they just see half of an argument and they won't look at the rest.”
“If you do look at it carefully, the UK were very good at stopping slavery in 1807. They did their very best to stop it. And although it dribbled on, they were being very powerful not to encourage it. And I think that you can't keep on going back so far."
“With the Myanmar stuff it wasn't going back that far. But I think if one country wants it, then the rest of the countries within the Commonwealth will ask for it as well. And it will never be enough money.”
King Charles and Queen Camilla are visiting Kenya on a royal state visitReutersPatrick agreed: “you're absolutely spot on. It will not be enough money. And there was a lot of money given to Kenya just a couple of years ago, above £100 million, in order to try to help with development and business.”
Finally Patrick asked Levin what she felt the Queen would have said at such an occasion, and if it would have echoed the King’s sentiment.
“I think she would have said very similar to that as well. She would have been very kind, but she would have also been careful and said, you know, enough is enough,” Said Levin.
“I mean, she never did that. She never gave out money and you can't really against the government. I mean, there are people there for the government telling them what to do.”
