The Prince of Wales became the first member of the Royal family to formally acknowledge the “appalling atrocity of slavery” in the Caribbean, saying it “forever stains our history”.

The Prince, who was in Barbados to witness the island officially become a republic, offered words of conciliation and respect to the nation, which has replaced the Queen as head of state.

In a speech delivered in the early hours of Tuesday morning, after the lowering of the Queen’s Standard for the final time, the Prince told a crowd that the creation of the republic offered a “new beginning” for Barbados.

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