Of three caribbean nations, to mark the queen s 70 year reign. buckingham palace said the decision had been made after consultation with the government of grenada and on the advice of the governor general. and he represents the interests of the queen of the island. our royal correspondent sarah campbell explained the circumstances that led to today s decision. this is the second time in a month that a royal couple has travelled to the caribbean for a tour and is the second time thatjust as it started the itinerary has had to change. you will remember that prince william and catherine travelled to belize one month ago and there were protests on their day one, so one of the engagements had to be shifted location. this time round, prince edward and sophie, due to land in seleucia today and we heard that the grenade leg has been cancelled so they are going to london to st lucia and still do island hopping but the statement was released by buckingham
Palace and the wording of no real reason but that it is in consultation with the government of grenada and of the advice of the government general and she is the queens representative in granada. what is to be now? we know that the grenade national reparations committee have requested to the governor general last week a meeting with the couple to talk about compensation that they believe is due due to britain s links with slavery. they asked for that meeting and have suggested that protest may have been planned so is that perhaps the reason behind this postponement of the grenade leg? we don t know but certainly what we can say is that the palace would have been very keen to avoid any negative headlines which were the case from the tour of prince william and catherine last month and they will be keen to avoid that and perhaps that is why this decision has been taken. joining me now to talk about the postponement of the royal