Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex have postponed the Grenada leg of their royal tour. kemenzerem reports.
For the second time in two months, a Royal visit intended to foster goodwill for the Queen in her Platinum Jubilee year has collided with the anger of people in the Caribbean about Britain’s historic connections with slavery.
Last month, Prince William and Kate had to alter their itinerary during a trip to former British colonies that was widely considered a PR disaster.But the head of Grenada’s reparations committee told us he is disappointed – because he wants to sit down with them to talk.
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