Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, learned that it is no longer business as usual with their most recent royal tour in the Caribbean.
And it is now being claimed that the disastrous tour could have been avoided if Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were representing Queen Elizabeth II instead of a supposedly tone-deaf Kate Middleton and her spouse.
The future king of England and his wife selected the three countries Belize, Jamaica, and the Bahamas to start the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
The royal couple was also on a mission to convince these three nations not to follow Barbados, which has decided to no longer have Queen Elizabeth as head of state and become a republic. The island recently became a republic.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who usually are welcomed in countries that they are visiting with great fanfare, were hit with another reality — they were not wanted.
The trip was deemed cringeworthy and embarrassing by most royal experts and many in the black community. Arriving in Belize, the pair was hit with a series of protests.
In Jamaica, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge learned that hundred of Jamaicans were demanding that the royal family and British government apologize and pay reparations for slavery.
Prince William appeared numb as Jamaica’s prime minister confirmed that the country would rapidly transition to a republic.
In a scathing letter, a long list of Jamaican scholars and prominent cultural and political figures had this to say: “We are of the view an apology for British crimes against humanity, including but not limited to the exploitation of the indigenous people of Jamaica, the transatlantic trafficking of Africans, the enslavement of Africans, indentureship, and colonialization, is necessary to begin a process of healing, forgiveness, reconciliation, and compensation.”
The letter went on to say that the nation sees Prince William and Kate Middleton as “direct beneficiaries of the wealth accumulated by the royal family…from the trafficking and enslavement of Africans.”
Photos from the tour also rubbed many locals the wrong way.
Kate Middleton shakes hands with fenced-off children in Jamaica, sparking anger https://t.co/wxaG8ROPj4
— Kristen Bell (@Kristen01243280) March 24, 2022
Pictures of Prince William and Kate Middleton shaking hands with Jamaican children through wire fences were certainly bad for optics.
The husband and wife also took part in a military parade, dressed in colonial white while standing in an open-top Land Rover.
Royal commentator Tony Parson reacted to the catastrophic Caribbean tour by saying that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who are woke and glamorous, would have handled the job perfectly.
The expert wrote in The Sun: “If only the Palace had just slapped some factor 50 on Harry’s bald spot and told Meghan, she was about to play the role of a lifetime. That royal yacht has sailed, of course.”
He added: “Imagining them doing a grueling meet-and-greet all over the Commonwealth is just a crazy dream. But seeing William and Kate looking uncomfortable in the Caribbean was a reminder of the historic opportunity that has been lost forever.”
He went on to reveal what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would have brought to the trip: “William and Kate did their very best. But the bitter truth is their Caribbean tour would have been a perfect gig for Harry and Meghan. Woke yet glam, caring yet charismatic, their eyes shining with compassionate tears, Harry and Meghan would have been living, multi-racial proof the Royal Family are not some milky white leftover from ancient history.”
Prince Harry has not signaled a quick return to royal life.
