King Charles says ‘no excuse’ for colonial abuses during Kenya visit

King Charles III said Tuesday there could be"no excuse" for British colonial atrocities against Kenyans as he visited the country, but did not offer the apology demanded by some in the East African nation.

Under rainy skies, Charles and Camilla were given a ceremonial red carpet welcome by Ruto on Tuesday morning. They later laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in the Uhuru Gardens memorial park. The so-called"Emergency" period was one of the bloodiest insurgencies of the British empire and at least 10,000 people -- mainly from the Kikuyu tribe -- were killed.

"None of this can change the past but by addressing our history with honesty and openness, we can perhaps demonstrate the strength of our friendship today, and in so doing, we can I hope continue to build an ever-closer bond for the years ahead," he said."It culminated in the Emergency, which intensified the worst excesses of colonial impunity and the indiscriminate victimisation of Africans," he said at the state banquet.

Then foreign secretary William Hague said Britain"sincerely regrets" the abuses but stopped short of a full apology. Charles has previously made three official visits and this week's tour is being staged 40 years since his mother's state visit in November 1983.

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