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William envisions royal-free Commonwealth future
Prince William and Kate Middleton know how their Caribbean tour has been received—as a colonial-era tribute tour rather than a nuanced, thought-out week of activities tackling slavery and the indignities, cruelties and shame of the past head-on. Now he has alluded to the future of the three countries they visited (and others like them), ultimately working without the royals as heads of state.