It was intended to be a jubilant tour celebrating 70 years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, but Prince Edward and Sophie’s visit to the Caribbean quickly devolved into another set of PR disasters for the House of Windsor.
The trouble started before the tour even began. Prior to their tour of Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua and Barbuda, their visit to Grenada was cancelled. This was on the advice of the governor general of Grenada, but without an official explanation. Then, while on the tour, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne informed the royals that the country planned to become a republic and remove the Queen as head of state.
