New research reveals King George IV profited from slavery in Grenada

Baptiste’s research was verified by a University of Manchester professor, Edmond Smith, and Nick Draper, founder of University College London’s Legacies of British Slave-ownership project.
Smith, who is supervising a PhD study on the royal family’s role in slavery, said as more evidence is uncovered the monarchy’s profits from slavery will become clearer. He said this payment “might well just be the tip of the iceberg”.
Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
King Charles has backed the study led by Smith, following a 2023 Guardian report revealing that in 1689 King William III received £1,000 ($1,343) in shares in the Royal African Company, which trafficked thousands of enslaved Africans to the Americas.
“This evidence fits with long-term patterns of colonial exploitation by the British royal family, including repeated efforts to find novel income streams from colonies in the Caribbean,” Smith told Reuters.