Viv Richards avoids slavery question during Antigua visit
Sport · First reported 2 Nov, 05:48 · Updated 06:37
Sir Viv Richards declined to comment on the slavery debate after becoming an ambassador for King Charles’s Sustainable Markets Initiative during Antigua and Barbuda’s 45th independence celebrations.
- Richards said he would leave the slavery question unanswered, joking that it was a potential “getting out delivery.”
- He accepted an invitation to serve as an ambassador for the King’s Sustainable Markets Initiative, saying he was pleased to help raise the profile of Antigua and the islands.
- Charles and Camilla joined celebrations marking 45 years of Antigua and Barbuda’s independence.
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- Antigua and Barbuda’s 45th independence celebrations
- Richards’s appointment
- Ambassador for the King’s Sustainable Markets Initiative
- Burnham’s position
- Open to listening to calls for a formal apology; ruled out financial reparations
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- Earlier coverage said Burnham was open to listening to calls for a formal British apology while rejecting financial compensation. [66ffeb06-9b33-489f-9877-23edda8b03ca]
- An earlier report said Antigua and Barbuda’s prime minister, Gaston Browne, called for reparations and that the issue was expected to feature at a Commonwealth summit. [13589bbf-b368-409c-85d1-f5b5ab20f343]
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