BBC journalist faces calls to address ancestor’s role in the Great Irish famine
The journalist’s four-times great-grandfather was Sir Charles Trevelyan, who is referenced in ‘The Fields of Athenry’. The family of BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan has apologised for the role its ancestors played in slavery in Granada, with the reporter donating £100,000 in reparations to the country. However, the move has led to calls for the journalist […]
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