Prince William and Duchess Kate Cancel 1st Stop on Caribbean Tour Amid Colonialism Protests

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Prince William and Kate Middleton usually receive a warm welcome wherever they go but this hasn’t always been the case on their Caribbean tour.

To mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 70th year on the throne, Prince William and Duchess Kate embarked on an overseas trip to tour the Caribbean.

Kate Middleton and Prince William have arrived in Kingston, Jamaica as they embark on the next phase of their Royal tour of the Caribbean.The couple stepped off the plane to an official welcome as they then prepared to travel to King's House for a meeting with the Governor General of Jamaica. Kate looked incredible in a striking yellow dress that featured a floral design on the shoulder, and her brunette tresses were swept back into a low ponytail.

Kate Middleton and Prince William have made the next stop on their Caribbean tour with a visit to an ancient Mayan ruins in Caracol, Belize.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been making a series of stops on their eight-day tour travelling from Belize, to the Bahamas, and finishing off in Jamaica.The third day saw the royal couple don matching casual outfits as they grinned and walked up to the ruins in the beaming sunshine. Kate slipped into a fitted white T-shirt and camouflage jeans, while William opted for a sage green shirt and similar matching chinos to his wife.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have embarked on a tour of the Caribbean, having landed in Belize on Saturday 19 March. The eight-day royal tour will see Prince William, 39, and Kate, 40, stay in Belize for three nights, before heading to Jamaica and then onto the Bahamas. The couple, who are completing the tour on behalf of Queen Elizabeth to mark her Platinum Jubilee, arrived in Belize wearing colour coordinated ensembles on Saturday.

Dancing king and queen — well, one day. Prince William and Duchess Kate continued their royal tour of the Caribbean on Sunday, March 20, and they turned heads as they cut a rug in Hopkins, Belize.

Prince William tries his hand at a bit of cocoa making during a visit to the Che’il Mayan Chocolate Factory on Sunday (March 20) in Indian Creek, Belize.

Kate Middleton and Prince William enjoyed their first full day of their Caribbean tour with a visit to a cacao farm in Belize on Sunday.  Their visit replaced another planned outing to a different cacao farm, which was canceled on Friday after villagers protested the royal’s arrival.  According to local reports, a protest was staged on Friday opposing the royal visit to Akte ’il Ha cacao farm in Indian Creek village in the foothills of the Maya Mountains. Belize news outlet Channel 7 reported that there was a dispute between village residents and Flora and Fauna International, a conservation charity William supports as patron.

Back to work! In honor of Queen Elizabeth II’s milestone Platinum Jubilee, Prince William and Duchess Kate embarked on a Caribbean tour to experience other countries in the British Commonwealth.

Kate Middleton and Prince William were forced to cancel their first stop in their Caribbean tour after protests erupted in the indigenous region of Belize.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were slated to visit a cacao farm on Sunday but, according to multiple reports, local villagers protested the royal visit following claims of «colonialism.» Middleton and William embarked on an eight-day tour of the Caribbean but, following the protests, a contingency plan was activated that will result in the royals visiting a different part of Belize. reported that Kensington Palace confirmed the schedule change due to «sensitive issues» involving the Indian Creek community.The international news agency reported that local villagers grew furious after claiming they were not consulted about the royals visit to a farm in the Maya village. The local villagers were also upset that the royal couple was scheduled to land their helicopter on land that's at the center of an ownership rights dispute.The indigenous Mayan village of Indian Creek in southern Belize are protesting the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Belize.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have called off what was to have been the first stop on their royal tour of the Caribbean due to protests.