Prince Charles’ Caribbean Tour Helped British Monarchy In This Significant Way

Prince Charles’ Caribbean tour is doing wonders for the British monarchy.

Latifa Yedroudj, a journalist for Express, said that the future king was able to woo a Caribbean leader after the latter’s nation once voted to abolish the monarchy.

Ralph Gonsalves, leader of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, declared that he would no longer carry out a second vote after losing a poll in 2009 to replace Queen Elizabeth II by an elected president.

After meeting Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles this week, reporters asked Gonsalves if he would ever hold another referendum to put an end to the monarchy.

“Not with me, somebody else may do that, not me,” he said.

During his speech on Wednesday, Gonsalves described himself as an old anti-colonial fighter.

“St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the only country in the Caribbean where the matter has been put to the people in respect of doing away with the monarchy and having a homegrown ceremonial president… They were defeated in a referendum and the Queen has in the country, therefore, political legitimacy in addition to a juridical one,” he said.

The leader also said that he is not a monarchist but has accepted the monarchy because Her Majesty is not only legally but also politically the Queen of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

In related news, Prince Charles and Camilla will be in the Caribbean until March 27 for their 12-day tour. On Thursday, they arrived in St. Kitts and Nevis to visit the Hermitage Plantation House.

For their outing, Camilla wore a blue kaftan over her white loose trousers and Prince Charles donned a beige suit.

While in St. Kitts and Nevis, Prince Charles also launched a project to give Commonwealth students the chance to study subjects at Cambridge University. Scholarships under the future King’s name would be offered in the global issues he has championed throughout the years, specifically on climate change, sustainability, and the blue economy.