The speech that King Philippe will deliver during his visit to Congo is eagerly awaited.
For his first royal mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, King Philippe is walking on eggshells. The speech he is due to deliver on Wednesday at the Palais du Peuple in Kinshasa is eagerly awaited. Will the monarch continue in the momentum of his letter sent in 2020 to the President of the DRC Félix Tshisekedi, a letter in which he expressed his “deepest regrets” for the “wounds, sufferings and humiliations” caused by Belgium during the colonial period? Or will he avoid this hot topic, on the pretext that the King does not publicly meddle in politics?
