{"id":1398126,"date":"2022-03-24T10:30:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398126"},"modified":"2022-03-24T10:30:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:30:45","slug":"jamaicas-prime-minister-demands-independence-as-prince-william-apologizes-for-slavery-on-royal-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaicas-prime-minister-demands-independence-as-prince-william-apologizes-for-slavery-on-royal-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica\u2019s Prime Minister Demands Independence As Prince William Apologizes For Slavery On Royal Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjamaicas-prime-minister-demands-independence-as-prince-william-apologizes-for-slavery-on-royal-tour%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Prince-William-Andrew-Holness.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Prince William and Kate Middleton continued their highly anticipated royal tour of the Caribbean with a stop in Jamaica this week. Some residents of the island nation were less than thrilled to see the royal couple visiting, however, and even expressed their displeasure by protesting the tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness made a surprising declaration to the duke and duchess of Cambridge Wednesday. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-step-out-for-their-first-full-day-in-jamaica\/\"><span>People<\/span><\/a><span>, Holness declared his intention to become an independent nation that was no longer subject to the queen\u2019s rule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re very, very happy to have you and we hope you\u2019ve received a warm welcome of the people,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJamaica is a very free and liberal country and the people are very expressive \u2014and I\u2019m certain that you would have seen the spectrum of expressions yesterday,\u201d he continued, referencing the couple\u2019s arrival.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u201cThere are issues here, which as you know, are unresolved, but your presence gives us an opportunity for those issues to be placed in context, to be out front and center and to be addressed as best we can. But Jamaica is, as you would see, is a country that is proud of its history and very proud of what we have achieved. And we\u2019re moving on and we intend to\u2026 fulfill our true ambitions and destiny to become an independent, developed and prosperous country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prince William and Kate Middleton did not react outwardly to the news except for nodding their heads slightly while standing next to the Jamaican prime minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Later Wednesday night at a dinner event, William made a public apology for the evils of slavery, Fox News <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/prince-william-sorrow-britain-role-abhorrent-slave-trade\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI want to express my profound sorrow. Slavery was abhorrent. And it should never have happened,\u201d the heir said at the event, which was hosted at King\u2019s House in Kingston, Jamaica.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhile the pain runs deep, Jamaica continues to forge its future with determination, courage and fortitude,\u201d William continued. \u201cThe strength and shared sense of purpose of the Jamaican people, represented in your flag and motto, celebrate an invincible spirit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The duke of Cambridge went on to repeat his father\u2019s earlier speech in Barbados, condemning \u201cthe appalling atrocity of slavery, which forever stains our history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Apparently, not many onlookers were aware Holness was going to petition for independence, but a growing contingent of citizens have been pushing for it, so the news was met with celebration from that group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI did not know that the prime minister was going to say what he said today. I think it is a very important step forward,\u201d Carla Gullota, director of the nonprofit human rights organization Stand Up for Jamaica, said in response to the speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The former British colony would become the second Caribbean island to cut ties with Queen Elizabeth II and the United Kingdom. Barbados took those same steps this past November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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