- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge began their Caribbean tour on Saturday.
- Reuters reported that their first engagement was canceled over a local
protest in Belize.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were forced to cancel the first engagement of their Caribbean tour after locals staged a protest.
On Saturday,
Representatives for Kensington Palace did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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Indian Creek residents were photographed on Friday holding signs that read, "Prince William leave our land," "Not your land, not your decision," and "Colonial legacy theft continues with Prince & FFI."
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Indian Creek residents told Reuters that they took fault because the
Representatives for Flora and Fauna International did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Youth leader Dionisio Shol told $4 that the way organizers interacted with villagers over plans involving the royal trip felt "very colonial in nature."
"We, the villagers, consider that we have suffered the legacy of colonialism, and we are directly still being impacted by that," Shol told The Times.
The Belize government said a contingency plan would be activated and a new event site would be announced, Reuters reported.
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The couple will spend three days in Belize, then travel to Jamaica and later the Bahamas before finishing the tour on March 26.