Prince William, Kate Middleton will not visit Belize after locals protest their Caribbean tour

Britain’s Prince William and his spouse Kate is not going to go to a cacao farm in an indigenous area of Belize as deliberate on their Caribbean tour, the Belize authorities mentioned Friday, after native villagers staged a protest in opposition to their arrival.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge journey to Belize on Saturday for a week-long Caribbean tour at a time of rising scrutiny of the British Empire’s ties to its former colonies.

The royal couple was as a result of go to the Akte ‘il Ha cacao farm within the Maya village of Indian Creek within the Toledo district on Sunday morning, based on a preliminary schedule. A contingency plan would as a substitute be activated and a brand new web site introduced, the federal government press service mentioned on Friday.

Individuals within the village mentioned they had been upset that they weren’t consulted concerning the deliberate touchdown of the royal couple’s helicopter, sparking a protest by a number of dozen on Friday morning.

Indian Creek is in dispute with Flora and Fauna Worldwide (FFI), a conservation group which lists Prince William as a patron. FFI has property close to the village’s communal land, which has precipitated tensions over possession rights, based on native residents who spoke with Reuters.

FFI couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.

Kensington Palace additionally couldn’t instantly be reached.

The Caribbean journey by the Duke and Duchess follows carefully after Queen Elizabeth’s seventieth anniversary on the throne and almost 4 months after Barbados voted to turn out to be a republic, slicing ties with the monarchy however nonetheless remaining a part of the British-led Commonwealth of Nations.

The royal couple is because of spend three days in Belize, earlier than transferring on to Jamaica and the Bahamas.