Speaking at a state banquet on Tuesday, Charles hewed closely to the British government line, saying he felt “the greatest sorrow and the deepest regret.”
Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive as guests of Kenyan President William Ruto at a state banquet on Tuesday.
Nonetheless, Britain, like other former colonial powers, is in a period of reckoning, and the king has been under pressure to address the legacy of decades of British rule in East Africa.British-Kenyan relations at the “official level are very good,” said Nicholas Westcott, a professor of diplomacy at SOAS University of London and former director of the Royal African Society, but “that’s not to say there’s not some difficult issues that go back to the colonial period.
As a constitutional monarch, Charles takes his cues from the British government and would not be expected to go beyond what the government has said. At the same time, as a new king, he seems to want to convey that he is personally sensitive to the issue.During the state banquet on Tuesday evening, Charles told assembled guests, “We must also acknowledge the most painful times of our long and complex relationship.
During his four-day visit, Charles will spend time in Nairobi, the capital, and in Mombasa, a coastal city. The British royals will visit a new museum dedicated to Kenya’s history. As he has on, Charles will carve out time to take part in events that highlight his interest in the environment, including meeting with the activist Wanjira Mathai and visiting an urban farm.this year for the role of his country and his family in the slave trade.
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