伯纳姆称对就奴隶制道歉持“开放”态度，国王继续加勒比之行安迪·伯纳姆表示，他对要求英国就其在中奴隶贸易中所扮演角色作出正式道歉的呼声持“开放”态度。与此同时，国王正在继续他的加勒比之行。
Burnham 'open' to slavery apology as King continues tour of the Caribbean Andy Burnham has said he is "open" to calls for Britain to make a formal apology for its role in the slave trade as the King continues his tour of the Caribbean. The prime minister is due to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua and Barbuda - as is the King who, as the head of the "family of nations", will preside over the event.
首相将出席在安提瓜和巴布达举行的英联邦政府首脑会议（CHOGM），国王也将出席，并将作为这个“国家大家庭”的元首主持该活动。查尔斯将于周二向56个成员国的国家代表发表开幕致辞。
Charles will give the opening address to national representatives of the 56 member states on Tuesday. His speech is likely to echo the government's changed position on the legacy of slavery, the Press Association reports.
据英国新闻联合社报道，他的讲话很可能呼应政府在奴隶制遗留问题上立场的转变。
Ahead of his nine-day trip, it was understood ministers had not advised the King to offer an apology or reparations, in keeping with established policy.
在他为期九天的行程开始前，据了解，按照既定政策，大臣们并未建议国王作出道歉或提供赔偿。
But a formal apology is now potentially closer following comments made by Mr Burnham to the Guardian on Friday.
但在伯纳姆周五对《卫报》发表评论后，正式道歉现在可能更近了一步。
The prime minister wrote: "We are offering a structured dialogue with those affected by the transatlantic slave trade.
首相写道：“我们正在与受跨大西洋奴隶贸易影响的人们开展结构化对话。
"Listening to calls for a formal apology on behalf of the British state will form an important part of this process and I am open to them."
“倾听要求英国政府正式道歉的呼声，将是这一进程的重要组成部分，我对这些呼声持开放态度。”伯纳姆表达了他对“数百万计民众所遭受的痛苦与苦难的悲痛与遗憾”，但排除了经济赔偿的可能性。
Mr Burnham expressed his "sorrow and regret for the pain and suffering of so many millions" but ruled out financial reparations. He wrote: "Some have called for financial reparations for the slave trade.
他写道：“一些人呼吁就奴隶贸易提供经济赔偿。我不认为这是正确的答案。
I do not believe that is the right answer.
“我不认为今天的英国人应当为不同时代、不同法律下发生的历史过错承担责任，无论这些过错多么恶劣，因为他们个人并未参与其中。”在国王加勒比之行前夕，加勒比国家再次敦促英国为其贩卖被奴役者的行为道歉并提供赔偿。
"I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous, that happened in a different age under different laws and in which they played no personal part." Caribbean nations again urged Britain to apologise for its role in selling enslaved people, and for reparations, in the lead-up to the King's Caribbean tour.
周五离开圭亚那前，国王参观了首都乔治敦的独立公园，1823年德梅拉拉起义中33名参与者曾在此被绞死。
Before leaving Guyana on Friday, the King visited Independence Park in the capital, Georgetown, where 33 people involved in the Demerara Rebellion of 1823 were hanged.
圭亚那文化部长史蒂文·雅各布斯与他一同出席，共同承认该国奴隶制和反抗的历史。
He was joined by Guyana's culture minister Steven Jacobs to acknowledge the country's history of slavery and resistance.
查尔斯上周二在巴哈马的一场青年集会上发表演讲，开启了他的加勒比之行，他在演讲中谈及“过去的巨大苦难”。
Charles started his Caribbean trip last Tuesday with a speech at a youth rally in the Bahamas, where he commented on the "great suffering of the past".
访问之前，圭亚那总统穆罕默德·伊尔凡·阿里表示，国王已承认奴隶制是人类历史上最黑暗的时刻，但道歉将是“下一步”。
Prior to the visit, Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said the King had recognised slavery as the darkest moments in human history, but an apology would be "the next step".