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Jamaicans call for reparations as British royal couple arrives

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on a tour of the Caribbean that coincides with the 70th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II [Toby Melville/Reuters]

Jamaican activists, as well as prominent professors, politicians and other leaders, have rejected a visit by the duke and duchess of Cambridge, calling on the United Kingdom to apologise and pay reparations for hundreds of years of slavery.

Britain’s Prince William – the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II – and his wife Kate landed in the capital Kingston on Tuesday afternoon as part of a wider, week-long Caribbean tour.

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