Britain’s King Charles has said the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history and urged the organization to “right inequalities that endure” as he opened a meeting of Commonwealth countries in Samoa on Friday.

By James Redmayne , Alasdair Pal and Catarina Demony APIA, Samoa (Reuters) -King Charles said on Friday the Commonwealth should acknowledge its "painful" history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain's role in transatlantic slavery.

An advocate for slavery reparations suggests King Charles cannot offer an apology for Britain's role in slavery due to the constraints of his constitutional monarchy and the U.K. government's stance on the issue,