Prince Harry Visits Jamaica

Great Britain’s Prince Harry arrived in Kingston on Monday for a four-day visit while Jamaica’s new prime minister is attempting to cut ties with the British monarchy.

Jamaica became independent from Britain in 1962, but it continues to recognize the Queen of England as the titular head of state. But Jamaica’s prime minister, Simpson Miller, announced during her swearing-in ceremony that she intends to replace Queen Elizabeth ii with a Jamaican president. Miller said that although the Queen is a “lovely lady,” Jamaica must sever its remaining links to Britain, largely because of the legacy of slavery.

Miller’s anti-monarchy view is popular with a growing number of Jamaican nationals, many of whom harbor no ill will toward Great Britain. But others, fueled by anger over the colonial past, are bitter toward the Queen and object to the prince’s visit.

Prof. Verene Shepherd of the University of the West Indies explained why she objects to Harry’s visit: “There has been no settlement of the debt owed for the capture and enslavement and the brutality of the British on Jamaicans and our ancestors and so, I am sorry, I object (to the Diamond Jubilee visit of Prince Harry).”

Shepherd’s viewpoint represents a growing group of Jamaicans who appear to have also forgotten that the source of Jamaica’s national blessings was also linked to Britain.

Analysts believe that if Jamaica severs ties with the British monarchy, other Caribbean Commonwealth realms like Barbados, the Bahamas and Grenada will follow suit. These nations have been blessed in the past not because of their own ingenuity—or Britain’s—but because of their attachment to the ancient patriarch Abraham.

To understand why Britain and Jamaica were blessed in the first place, and why Britain is losing its last remaining possessions, read Herbert Armstrong’s book The United States and Britain in Prophecy.