- Demonstrators this year demanded formal apologies from the royal family for its history of slavery.
- Elizabeth died Thursday at age 96, bringing an end to the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch, who wore the crown for 70 years.
- Calls for reparation from former colonial powers have been occurring for generations.
The trip was supposed to be the equivalent of a victory lap: A weeklong ceremonial romp through the Caribbean to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70th year as a monarch.
But the March trip by Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, was marred by protests, calls for reparations and canceled stops. Demonstrators demanded formal apologies from the royal family for its links to slavery.