Royal Reparations: How King Charles is handling the historical ties between the monarchy and slavery

The King’s royal tour to Australia and Samoa has brought the question over republicanism and slavery reparations to the fore once again.

The monarch, who has paused his cancer treatment for his first tour to a Realm as sovereign, has been using the important trip to shore up support and flex his diplomatic muscles with Queen Camilla.

But heckling from an indigenous senator over colonisation, a growing republican campaign in the country and a vocal reparations movement ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa has threatened to mire the occasion in political controversy.

As the King flies to preside over the bi-annual Commonwealth summit, what can he do in the face of these issues?

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