Dutch King Willem-Alexander has issued an apology for his country's role in slavery during a Historic Speech. The apology follows a similar one made by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte last year. The speech is part of a broader examination of colonial histories in the West prompted by the Black Lives Matter movement. The king has commissioned a study into the role of the royal House of Orange-Nassau in slavery, and his ancestors were found to have earned the modern-day equivalent of €545 million from the trade. Some activists are calling for reparations to be made to descendants of enslaved people.

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