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It’s the first time the likeable, relatable couple have been treated with outright rudeness on an official tour. For example, they are now in Jamaica where Lisa Hanna, “a former Miss World turned politician with the People’s National Party, who wants the country to ‘become free from the monarchy,’” turned her head and ignored Kate who was trying to talk to her.
According to People, the backlash they are encountering comes as a result of, “mounting tensions in the Caribbean nations where William’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, remains head of state.”
Royal Family News – The Queen Is Head Of The Commonwealth
Queen Elizabeth, 95, marks 70 years on the throne on the throne this year and the reception for William and Kate has been mostly warm and friendly but the exceptions are glaring.
The UK monarch is head of state in 14 nations including including Belize and Jamaica. One Jamaican protester, Norah Blake, told The Independent, “It is important as we turn 60 years old as an independent nation that we stand as ‘adults’ on solid ethical, moral and human justice grounds, to say to Britain, who was once our ‘parent,’ that you have done wrong in enriching yourselves off of chattel slavery and colonialism.”
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Royal Family News – Why Is The Queen Disliked?
The Caribbean country of Barbados broke ties with the Queen in November by voting in its first president. Historian Sarah Gristwood wrote Elizabeth: Queen and Crown, and she thinks William and Kate can restore some of the goodwill tarnished by certain royals.
Royal Family News – Can The Cambridge’s Build Bridges?
The acrimonious defection of Prince Harry and Meghan and the discrediting of Prince Andrew have damaged the monarchy’s reputation far and wide. Gristwood note, “senior royals are a bit thin on the ground at the moment. Britain is never going to drop all its pomp and ceremony, and it was eventually going to be slimmer and economical. But it’s doubtful even Prince Charles wanted it to lose weight so rapidly.”
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I think there should have been more consideration by the powers that be before sending William and Kate. If whoever is responsible for organizing this trip had done more research and asked the people of the county if such a visit would be appreciated, for example an opinion poll then they could have avoided upsetting both parties. If they want independence they should have it. However racism contrary to what Whoopi Goldberg thinks applies to anyone hating on people because of their race and/or color, hate is hate a two wrongs don't make a right.