Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge Cancel First Stop On Royal Tour After Indigenous Protests In Belize
etcanada.comPrince 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.
As People reports, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge kicked off the tour in Belize on Saturday, March 19, ending in Jamaica on March 26.
The royals had been scheduled to visit a cacao farm, but that outing was scuttled after villagers staged a protest on Friday, decrying “colonialism” and complaining about plans to land their helicopter in a football field; villagers in Indian Creek had been photographed brandishing signs reading, “Prince William leave our land.” READ MORE: Prince George To Join His Family On Caribbean Vacation For His Birthday The protest is actually part of an ongoing dispute between local Q’eqehi Maya people, the conservation charity Flora and Fauna International, and the local state, over differing opinions over who has the rights to a 12,000-acre area of land.
Sebastian Shol, chairman of Indian Creek village, declared that the Duke and Duchess “could land anywhere but not on our land.” Village youth leader Dionisio Shol added, “For us, it really hits home because of the treatment.
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