Everything changes and the Royal Family whose country’s Empire the sun once never set on, was for the first time unwelcome on a foreign visit to a place that has no political troubles with the UK.
Visits in previous times in some countries still colonialized, were filled with protests and riots but those were always related to freedom movements. This one is related to Britain’s existing vestiges still reflecting its past connection to slavery. In a way it’s a troubling thing even for us in Toronto. This attempt to bring into the present, the things of the past. It is being brought to light that some of Canada’s stalwarts were slave owners and traders whose wealth was derived from the dark side. So statues are being taken down, schools and streets named after them are being changed. Soon traditions will follow. There are arguments on both sides. Canada and in this case Jamaica and indeed in most other British ruled or connected countries, a lot is owed to those slave traders but can we still condone or forget their dark deeds? Should we dig up what is best buried? If this determination to hold responsible the current Royal Family as representing what happened in the past, it would mean the end of British royalty. Some would say it might be a good thing. Monarchical Tradition can sometimes be taken too far. When royal tours fail https://cnn.it/3JKyRvQ Roland. Toronto.
