Kate Middleton and Prince William visit Belize after protest

Prince William  and Kate Middleton landed in Belize at the start of an eight-day Caribbean tour.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are undertaking the visit to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth.

This is the first of this year’s Platinum Jubilee tours of the 14 Realms where the Queen remains the Head of State.

The couple will not visit a cacao farm in an indigenous region of Belize as planned on their Caribbean tour, the Belize government said Friday, after local villagers staged a protest against their arrival.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge travel to Belize on Saturday for a week-long Caribbean tour at a time of growing scrutiny of the British Empire's ties to its former colonies.

The royal couple was due to visit the Akte 'il Ha cacao farm in the Maya village of Indian Creek in the Toledo district on Sunday morning, according to a preliminary schedule.

A contingency plan would instead be activated and a new site announced, the government press service said on Friday.