Travelling story
King Charles addresses slavery at Commonwealth summit
First seen in United Kingdom’s press on 31 October 2026. Carried by 10 presses over 4 days, 72 articles in all; the busiest day was 3 November 2026 with 25 articles.
Ended — carried by the press of 10 countries between 31 October 2026 and 3 November 2026.
Articles per day
The spread, day by day
For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.
- 25 articles · 10 presses so far
new: Australia (2), Canada (2), Netherlands (2)
- 16 articles · 7 presses so far
no new press
- 12 articles · 7 presses so far
- 19 articles · 5 presses so far
new: United Kingdom (9), Pakistan (4), Brazil (2), Portugal (2), United States (2)
The presses that carried it
Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.
- United Kingdom 40 articles · from 31 Oct 2026
- Ireland 9 articles · from 1 Nov 2026
- Pakistan 6 articles · from 31 Oct 2026
- Portugal 4 articles · from 31 Oct 2026
- Ghana 3 articles · from 1 Nov 2026
- Brazil 2 articles · from 31 Oct 2026
- United States 2 articles · from 31 Oct 2026
- Australia 2 articles · from 3 Nov 2026
- Canada 2 articles · from 3 Nov 2026
- Netherlands 2 articles · from 3 Nov 2026
What they wrote
A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.
- Canada · 3 Nov 2026 King Charles III speaks to world leaders in Antigua, expresses ‘sorrow’ over slave trade ↗
- Australia · 3 Nov 2026 ‘Fills my heart with horror’: King Charles expresses personal sorrow over slavery ↗
- Ireland · 3 Nov 2026 King to speak about slavery with ‘unflinching honesty’ at Commonwealth summit ↗
- United Kingdom · 3 Nov 2026 PM plans debt re-set for Commonwealth nations as slavery apology talks begin ↗
- United Kingdom · 2 Nov 2026 Burnham heads to Commonwealth summit after opening door to slavery apology ↗
- United Kingdom · 2 Nov 2026 Antigua's PM welcomes Charles - then says he wants to REMOVE him as head of state, blasts Kemi Badenoch and demands UK pay huge reparations over slavery 'so the ↗
- Ireland · 2 Nov 2026 Cricket star ducks question on slavery during King’s Antigua and Barbuda visit ↗
- United Kingdom · 2 Nov 2026 King to address slavery in Antigua as PM says he is open to possible UK apology ↗
- United Kingdom · 1 Nov 2026 Britain should not issue apology over slave trade, says Kemi Badenoch ↗
- Ireland · 1 Nov 2026 Burnham warned formal apology for slavery will open door to reparations demands ↗
- Ghana · 1 Nov 2026 Mahama welcomes UK’s openness to apology over transatlantic slave trade ↗
- United Kingdom · 1 Nov 2026 Minister says UK apology over historic role in slave trade won’t lead to financial reparations – UK politics live ↗
- Portugal · 31 Oct 2026 Escravatura. Burnham admite pedido de desculpas formal ↗
- Brazil · 31 Oct 2026 Premiê britânico faz aceno a pedido formal de desculpas por escravidão, mas rejeita reparação financeira ↗
- Pakistan · 31 Oct 2026 Andy Burnham ‘open’ to calls for Britain to formally apologise for slavery ↗
- United Kingdom · 31 Oct 2026 Burnham 'open' to calls for slavery apology but not reparations ↗
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