Kate Middleton and Prince William.Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage
Kate MiddletonandPrince Williamare in the Caribbean!
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge landed in Belize on Saturday to kick off their week-long tour.
The couple is representing William’s grandmotherQueen Elizabethon their tour of the Caribbean, which will also see them travel to Jamaica and the Bahamas, as they mark the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee year, which celebrates her 70 years on the throne.
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William received a welcome from the guard of honor, including a 21-gun salute, as Kate chatted with the dignitaries.
After their official welcome at the airport, they headed for a meeting with the Prime Minister of Belize, Juan Antonio Briceño, who’s more commonly known as Johnny Briceño.
As the tour begins in Belize, it has come to light that the couple wasforced to cancel one of their first outingsafter protests broke out ahead of their arrival.
Kate Middleton.Karwai Tang/WireImage
The couple traveled alongside their 15-strong entourage and some U.K. media in the British government RAF Voyager jet across the Atlantic to Belize from an RAF base in England.
The tour — their first joint official overseas tour since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — is being conducted on behalf of William’s grandmother the Queen and will see them bringing sentiments from the monarch to the people of the Caribbean, a royal source says.
The Queen will be watching with interest from her home at Windsor Castle. William has been talking with his grandmother about their upcoming trip, and she’s shared some of her memories of visiting the Caribbean countries, a source confirms.
Kate Middleton and Prince William.JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty
A royal source confirmed that the visit had been canceled for “sensitive issues” involving the community in Indian Creek and the couple will now visit a different location.
Kensington Palace declined to comment.
Kate Middleton and Prince William meet the Prime Minister of Belize Johnny Briceno and wife Rossana Briceno, at the Laing Building, Belize City, as they begin their Caribbean tour.Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty
Throughout the tour, the couple will champion some of their favorite causes. Zeroing in on environmental issues, they will visit one of William’s Earthshot Prize winners, Coral Vita, on Grand Bahama Island, and see theirground-breaking ideas for restoring and preserving reefs. It will be the first time that the couple has visited an Earthshot finalist.
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Kate will bring the work on behalf of early childhood development to Jamaica when they head to Shortwood Teacher’s College, where they hope to highlight the country’s work on behalf of children. The college conducts research in the field and trains students to become early childhood education practitioners. It is the second time that Kate has brought the work of herRoyal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood abroad, after her trip to Denmark last month.
source: people.com
