Earl of Wessex gives church reading on calmer day after Caribbean protests

The Earl and Countess of Wessex attended a church service on a calmer day for the couple after experiencing protests earlier within the tour.

Edward gave a studying from the Apostles chapter of the Bible throughout a prolonged service on the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Saint Lucia on Sunday, which was held to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee.

The Earl and the Countess of Wessex throughout their go to to Morne Fortune, a Saint Lucia Nationwide Belief website, the place they are going to be proven the monuments to St Lucian Nobel Laureates, Sir W Arthur Lewis and Sir Derek Walcott and study extra in regards to the nation's historical past, as they proceed their go to to the Caribbean, to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Joe Giddens

Sophie, sporting a noticed costume, sat along with her husband on the entrance of the church they usually joined in with all hymns and prayers.

Each have been warmly welcomed by all who attended.

The 2 engagements carried out by the couple prevented crowds, with the small service starting their day, adopted by a go to to a monument devoted to Nobel Laureate Sir William Arthur Lewis.

The Countess of Wessex leaves after attending a church service to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in St Lucia.

Joe Giddens

The third day of their Caribbean tour was a quiet day, following a protest from a gaggle of round 15 demonstrators who displayed placards throughout their go to to St Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday.

Banners on present included “finish to colonialism”, “#CompensationNow”, “down with neo-colonialism” and “Britain your debt is excellent”.

Edward and Sophie are on account of journey to Antigua and Barbuda on Monday, the place an organisation has already warned the pair to keep away from “phoney sanctimony” over slavery.