The royal visit Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, just made to the Caribbean was met with both protests and eager crowds. It also included moments that left questions of whether such trips may need to evolve to appear more relevant and looking to the future, rather than seem as if they are from another era.
Prince William and Kate were greeted by protesters on their Caribbean tour last week who demanded an apology and reparations for the damage caused by Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade.
A recent royal tour intensified a spotlight on Britain's colonial history, renewing questions about how much longer Commonwealth countries including Canada will have a monarch as their head of state.
Prince William's trip to the Caribbean was meant to help Commonwealth countries where his 95-year-old grandmother is also head of state celebrate her record-breaking 70 years on the throne.