Saturday, July 1, 2023

Dutch king apologizes for the monarchy's role in global slave trade

Dutch King Willem-Alexander lays a wreath at the slavery monument Saturday after apologizing for the royal house

"I make this apology myself. And I feel the weight of the words in my heart and my soul," King Willem-Alexander said at a ceremony marking 160 years since the end of slavery in the Netherlands.

(Image credit: Remko de Waal/AP)

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