From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade Enslaved African people were seared with hot metal brands bearing the royal crown, according to research by historians who have documented the mo...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/14/royal-crown-branded-africans-britain-monarchy-slave-trade-trafficking)

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