They’re not getting any royal treatment.
Prince William and Kate Middleton canceled a trip to a farm in Belize because local villagers staged a protest against them.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were supposed to visit Akte’il Ha cacao farm in Indian Creek on Sunday but called it off Friday, the Guardian reported.
Indian Creek residents said they weren’t consulted about the trip. They also have a land dispute with an international conservation charity that William supports.
“It looks like the man will just come, and he will just push himself in our land in our village without knowing nothing,” protester Paula Chac told Belize news outlet Channel 7. “Our land is for us and we need land for our children.”
The conservation group, Flora and Fauna International, purchased land near the village in December 2021. Residents say the group then claimed public village land as its own. Flora and Fauna International said it purchased the land from a private owner, according to the Guardian.
The villagers were also upset that William and Kate were going to land their helicopter on the local soccer field.
The royals pivoted to a different venue that will “showcase Maya family entrepreneurship in the cacao industry,” Belize’s government told the Guardian. William and Kate will visit Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas in their first-ever trip to the Caribbean.
