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Antigua's PM says he wants King Charles removed as head of state MOMENTS after attending a Sunday church service with him

The King and Queen at St John's Pentecostal Church House of Restoration in Antigua and Barbuda, as Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy insisted any apology must be a prelude to "concrete steps," squeezing Burnham from both flanks.
The King and Queen at St John's Pentecostal Church House of Restoration in Antigua and Barbuda, as Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy insisted any apology must be a prelude to "concrete steps," squeezing Burnham from both flanks.
The King and Queen at a church service in Antigua and Barbuda, where Andy Burnham's surprise declaration that he was "open" to a formal slavery apology put the King under constitutional pressure ahead of the Commonwealth summit.
The King and Queen at a church service in Antigua and Barbuda, where Andy Burnham's surprise declaration that he was "open" to a formal slavery apology put the King under constitutional pressure ahead of the Commonwealth summit.
The King and Queen joined Antiguans and Barbudans for a church service marking the 45th anniversary of Independence and celebrating the Commonwealth.
The King and Queen joined Antiguans and Barbudans for a church service marking the 45th anniversary of Independence and celebrating the Commonwealth.
Kemi Badenoch branded the move a "navel-gazing distraction" that puts the King under constitutional pressure
Kemi Badenoch branded the move a "navel-gazing distraction" that puts the King under constitutional pressure
Prime Minister Andy Burnham with his wife, Marie-France van Heel, at a Diwali celebration at 10 Downing Street, as Kemi Badenoch warned his slavery-apology pivot would see Caribbean nations pocket any apology and immediately demand billions more.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham with his wife, Marie-France van Heel, at a Diwali celebration at 10 Downing Street, as Kemi Badenoch warned his slavery-apology pivot would see Caribbean nations pocket any apology and immediately demand billions more.
Suella Braverman, Reform's spokesperson, warned that Andy Burnham's apology pivot was "virtue signalling" and "dangerous," comparing it to "how the Chagos disaster started.
Suella Braverman, Reform's spokesperson, warned that Andy Burnham's apology pivot was "virtue signalling" and "dangerous," comparing it to "how the Chagos disaster started.

Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, demanded that King Charles be stripped of his role as the nation's head of state and that Britain pay slavery reparations — comments delivered within moments of sharing a Sunday church service with the King and Queen Camilla. Browne told ITV News there "has to be some form of restitution" or the world risks a repeat of past "atrocities", and dismissed Kemi Badenoch as "misguided" for opposing any apology.

Browne said he is a Republican who personally favours Antigua becoming a republic, but conceded that a two-thirds popular vote is constitutionally required before Charles can be removed.

Andy Burnham has offered "structured dialogue" on a slavery apology but ruled out reparations — prompting Browne to warn that a dialogue "that places reparations outside the room cannot be a complete dialogue."

Badenoch hit back at Caribbean leaders, accusing them of leveraging the Commonwealth summit to squeeze "global welfare" out of Britain — drawing Browne's retort that she "did not deserve to be a prime minister."

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