Imperial Guilt: The Royals Reckon With the Commonwealth's Colonial Past

DYNASTY: The Royal Family’s Most Challenging Year

Vanity Fair

Society & Culture

3.6 • 860 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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This episode will explore the role the Commonwealth plays in the monarchy—and how the perspective of its role in the world is quickly shifting. We’ll also examine the effect that the Sussexes’ departure had on the crown’s relationship with the other 53 Commonwealth countries, and how the royals may need to readjust if they want the Commonwealth to survive.

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0:29.0	Jamaica is a very free and liberal. The people are very expressive and I'm certain that you would have seen the spectrum of expressions yesterday.
0:42.0	There are issues here, which are, as you would know, unresolved.
0:48.0	This moment from March may not sound like it on the surface,
0:51.0	but it is a very tense exchange.
0:55.0	Yes, it's uncomfortable for us to listen to, so imagine how the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge must have felt.
1:03.0	The person you're hearing is the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, and he's holding
1:07.5	a press conference.
1:09.0	The occasion?
1:10.2	The future king and queen consort of England, William and Catherine, are in the island nation for a state visit.
1:16.2	William and Kate had travelled to Jamaica as part of the Queen's platinum Jubilee celebrations.
1:21.8	And I think it's fair to say they received a mixed welcome
1:26.7	hearing the country's prime minister tell them it was time for Jamaica to move on
1:30.9	appeared to have caught them both off guard.
1:33.5	And it seemed he had his own agenda,
1:35.5	suggesting that this trip was an opportunity
1:38.1	for the Royals to address unresolved issues,
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