But Charles has no plans for a sentimental pilgrimage to Treetops.
History will hang heavily over the king’s visit, in any event.
Buckingham Palace said Charles “would acknowledge the more painful aspects of the U.K. and Kenya’s shared history,” specifically Britain’s brutal suppression of the Mau Mau rebellion from 1952 to 1960, which left tens of thousands of people dead.
Royal visits to former colonies have long been delicate, but in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement, they have become fraught.
Protesters and local government officials regularly demand apologies and sometimes reparations for colonial-era abuses, including economic exploitation and Britain’s role in the slave trade.
Persons:
King Charles III, Elizabeth, George VI, Charles, Buckingham, Charles “, Kenya’s
Locations:
Kenya, Treetops, British