King Charles to face 'awkward' £200 billion demand at summit over historic injustices

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A major Commonwealth leaders' gathering scheduled for later this month is poised for tension, with King Charles partly representing the British Government.

The summit in Samoa may prove challenging for the monarch as a coalition of 15 nations are set to demand £200 billion in reparations for Britain's historical wrongdoings.The demand for justice from the Caribbean for a staggering £200bn comes after prolonged campaigning for the UK Government to recognise the consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, which involved the forcible removal of over two million people from their homes to labor as slaves in British colonies.However, the demanded reparations are dwarfed by even larger figures cited elsewhere, reports the Mirror.

Barbados' PM Mia Mottley told the UN: "The numbers have been looked at and studied by many persons and the figures suggest a minimum of $5 trillion dollars.." READ MORE: King Charles 'obsession' with Hollywood legend who he had framed picture of on his wall Mia Mottley went on to explain: "4.9 to be precise, is what it would be if we were to be similarly compensated across the board today." Barbados joins the ranks of the 15 states forming CARICOM, demanding that Britain address the legacies of a slave trade that spanned nearly 250 years and enriched numerous British traders and the government itself.Nadine White of the Independent reports that Barbados was the first of the slave colonies to take root, sanctioning a 1661 law that defined African people as property.

Over the ensuing centuries before abolition, Britain and the crown amassed vast wealth by coercing slaves to labour on Caribbean plantations, producing sugar and tobacco for trade back in Britain.Nearly 400 years since the inception of