King Charles hinted that he is backing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a key issue during a speech in Samoa earlier today.
At a meeting with leaders from across the Commonwealth, the King subtly supported the Labour leader by suggesting he does not support reparations for the slave trade and instead wanted to focus on the future.
The monarch, 75, did make it clear that he wants people to learn from the past and respect the pain that was caused.
During the opening of the Heads of Commonwealth meeting on Friday, the King said: “I understand, from listening to people across the Commonwealth, how the most painful aspects of our past continue to resonate.
“It is vital, therefore, that we understand our history – to guide us to make the right choices in the future. Where inequalities exist, for example, in access to opportunity; to education; to skills training; to employment; to health; and to a planet in whose climate our human race can both survive and thrive, we must find the right ways, and the right language, to address them.
“As we look around the world and consider its many deeply concerning challenges, let us choose within our Commonwealth family the language of community and respect, and reject the language of division.
“None of us can change the past. But we can commit, with all our hearts to learning its lessons and to finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure.”
The King’s words come after Sir Keir Starmer and his government ruled out the idea of making slavery reparations for the role the British government had in the slave trade centuries ago.
According to BBC, Sir Keir said he wanted to address “current future-facing challenges” rather than “spend a lot of time on the past”.