Prince William urgently warned about India visit with Kate

Prince William and Princess Kate have been warned to prepare carefully for their next major overseas tour.

The Prince and Princess of Wales have not undertaken an international tour together in several years but are expected to travel to India later this month for the Earthshot Prize.

This advice comes shortly after King Charles concluded a successful nine-day tour of the Caribbean. 

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During the visit, palace aides reportedly described the monarch as a government ‘secret weapon’ in politically sensitive situations that William will one day be expected to take on as King.

Speaking on the Mirror’s Pod Save the King podcast, royal editor Russell Myers said the Prince and Princess of Wales would need to approach future international engagements with far greater preparation, particularly if they were to return to the Caribbean.

Asked by deputy royal editor Jennifer Newton whether William and Kate would be ready to handle the diplomatic challenges faced by the King, Myers pointed to their previous visit to the region.

“Well, they haven’t been to this part of the world since, you know, the ill-fated tour of 2022. 

And I think that left them incredibly scarred, and it was controversial for a number of reasons,” he said.

He recalled the images from the tour that attracted widespread criticism, including the couple greeting children through a wire fence and travelling in an open-top Land Rover once used by the late Queen.

“Certainly when you come to this part of the world, you’ve got to be prepared,” Myers added.

“I think back to William and Catherine four years ago, they were so underprepared, their staff were underprepared, and it really, really left its mark. 

I mean, these tours are very, very delicate for a number of reasons,” he said.

Myers said that if they were to return to the Caribbean as Prince and Princess of Wales, or later as King and Queen, they would need to make a stronger statement about the region’s history and its relationship with the monarchy.

The couple’s eight-day tour in March 2022 took them to Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas. 

It was their first major overseas visit since the start of the Covid pandemic, but the trip quickly became overshadowed by protests and calls for an apology and reparations for slavery.