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King Charles III Meets with Religious Leaders to Advance Peace on Kenya Visit

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – On the final day of his four-day visit, King Charles III met with religious leaders on Friday to promote peace and enhance security in Kenya.

During the day, King Charles met with religious leaders representing various faiths, including Christian, Hindu, Muslim, and African traditional beliefs, at an Anglican cathedral in the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya.

KING CHARLES VISION OF THE BRITISH MONARCH

Shortly before his coronation, King Charles expressed his vision for the British monarchy concerning matters of faith.

“I am determined, as King, to preserve and promote those principles.”

“To some extent, the queen did; you just need to look at the way she reached out to other faiths; she made a particular point of visiting mosques, temples, and synagogues, and even in her Christmas broadcast, she would reference other faiths and had a huge commitment to other faiths and tolerance,” he said.

“I think the coronation will continue that; I think Charles influenced the queen. He will retain the oath of Defender of the Faith and defend the Protestant faith. But he will continue what the queen has done to position the monarchy to protect all faiths and get the Church of England to be a canopy for all faiths.”

KENYA CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

As Kenya approaches the 60th anniversary of its independence from decades of British rule in December, the two nations have maintained a close, albeit occasionally challenging, relationship since the tumultuous Mau Mau revolution.

As the British Empire’s efforts to suppress the insurgency in Kenya, it declared a “state of emergency” and detained thousands of Kenyans, subjecting them to deplorable conditions and heinous acts of torture by the colonial authorities.

According to estimates from the Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KHRC), approximately 100,000 individuals who were detained experienced torture, mutilation, or death during the tumultuous eight-year revolution.

While not issuing a direct apology for Britain’s actions during its colonial rule, King Charles expressed his “greatest sorrow and the deepest regret” during the visit, condemning the “abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence” perpetrated against Kenyans in their pursuit of independence, adding, “there can be no excuse.”

Protesters, who were calling for the king’s apology for colonial injustices and reparations to the victims, were met with police intervention on the initial day of the trip.