The royal tour of William And Kate Middleton in the Caribbean, officially organized to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen, in fact it was born to strengthen relations with the former British colonies. The Dukes had, in particular, a mission: persuade Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas a do not follow on the path of independence Barbadoswhich in October 2021, after the referendum that had abolished the monarchy, has become one republic it’s at Elizabeth II replaced a president (Sandra Mason) as head of state.
That it was a “mission impossible” was understood immediately. Even before the dukes arrived in the Caribbean, in Belize a village had protested against the “colonizers”, forcing William and Kate to cancel a visit to a cocoa plantation. Worse still went to Jamaica. On the eve of the Cambridge arrival, a group of intellectuals and politicians wrote an open letter in which they asked the monarchy to redress (not just in words) the crimes of colonialism. “Princesses and princes belong to fairy tales, not to Jamaica,” read the letter in which Kate and William were being accused, albeit indirectly, of be responsible for the crimes of their ancestorsbecause today they benefit from what those ancestors built.
The protests of recent days now have the seal of officialdom. William and Kate were received by Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his wife Juliet. A cordial meeting, in the form: “We are very, very happy to have you here, and we hope that you have received a warm welcome from our people ». In essence, a welcome to her Majesty: «Jamaica is a country proud of her history, of what we have achieved. Now we intend to fully realize our ambitions: we want to become a fully independent country“. Jamaica has been independent since August 6, 1962, when it shed 500 years of colonial legacy. It has since been part of the Commonwealth, the organization that brings together London’s former colonies, and its head of state is the queen. But now in the wake of Barbados wants hold a referendum to abolish the monarchy. And it aims to become a republic within two years.
For William and Kate it was certainly not a shock. Forty-nine-year-old Holness, elected in 2016, had promised to transform Jamaica into a Republic already at the time of his election campaign. Queen Elizabeth, it seems, is about to lose another of her Caribbean jewels: before Barbados Guyana had already become a republic in 1970, followed by Trinidad and Tobago in 1976 and Dominica in 1978. Her Majesty continues to remain the head of state of half a dozen former British colonies. But now one wonders if other countries, after Barbados and Jamaica, also want to replace the queen with a president. To stop having the sovereign of London as head of state they have also been talking insistently for some time Australia, Canada and New Zealand, all constitutional monarchies. Many observers regard the break as inevitable in the coming years, when Charles will ascend the throne in place of Elizabethmuch less loved, in Commonwealthof his mother.
Source: Vanity Fair
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