Prince Charles has said that people must acknowledge the "past wrongs" of slavery at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

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Britain's Prince Charles delivers a speech during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem on January 23, 2020. - World leaders travelled to Israel this week to mark 75 years since the Red Army liberated Auschwitz, the extermination camp where the Nazis killed over a million Jews.

Prince Charles has said that people must acknowledge the "past wrongs" of slavery at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda.Addressing the issue of Commonwealth countries distancing themselves from the monarchy, the Prince of Wales said: "To unlock the power of our common future, we must also acknowledge the wrongs which have shaped our past.

Many of those wrongs belong to an earlier age with different, and in some ways lesser, values."He continued: "I cannot describe the depths of my personal sorrow at the suffering of so many, as I continue to deepen my own understanding of slavery's enduring impact."Many members of the public have called on the royal family to issue an apology for slavery. This comes after the recent royal tours.Speaking about how the Commonwealth countries should decide if they want to cut ties with the royal family or not, the Prince added:

"The Commonwealth contains within it countries that have had constitutional relationships with my family, some that continue to do so, and increasingly those that have had none."I want to say clearly, as I have said before, that each member's constitutional arrangement, as republic or monarchy, is purely a matter for each member country to decide. The benefit of long life brings me the experience that arrangements such as these can change, calmly and without rancour.

"In 2021, Barbados became the latest country to cut tieswith the royal family.Other countries that have stated their plan to end their relationship with the monarch include Belize, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, and St. Kitts and Nevis.The Queen is the head of state of 14 countries outside the United Kingdom, such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Saint Lucia.