Prince William and Duchess Kate Are ‘Overwhelmed With Remorse’ After ‘Challenging’ Caribbean Trip: It Was an ‘Eye-Opener’

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An unexpected reckoning. Prince William and Duchess Kate “are overwhelmed with remorse” following their tense tour through the Caribbean, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.The royal couple “were looking forward” to visiting Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas, per the insider. “It was certainly more challenging than expected given the protests.

They obviously know the history, but being there during the protests was a real eye-opener.”William, 39, and Kate, 40, kicked off their trip on March 19, but the twosome canceled their first outing at a sustainable cocoa farm in Indian Creek amid local uproar regarding indigenous people’s rights and colonialism. “We don’t want them to land on our land, that’s the message that we want to send,” Indian Creek chairman Sebastian Shol told the Daily Mail one day before the pair arrived, calling the tour a “slap in the face.”While attending a dinner with diplomats in Jamaica days later, the Duke of Cambridge reflected on the British royal family’s “abhorrent” past, declaring, “The appalling atrocity of slavery forever stains our history.” William expressed his “profound sorrow” over the slave trade and praised the “determination, courage and fortitude” of the Jamaican people, who no longer wish to be part of the Commonwealth.Since returning back to London, William and Kate have already begun thinking of ways to “strengthen their relationship” with other leaders within the Commonwealth, the source tells Us, adding, “They can’t change what has happened in the past so are focusing on future.”The duo plan on “working closely with former colonies” and will likely be embarking on “additional oversees humanitarian work” in the near future. “Obviously William and Kate want