In response to the royals cancellation, a statement from the Government of Belize read: "Indian Creek was one of several sites being considered. Due to issues in the village, the Government of Belize activated its contingency planning and another venue has been selected to showcase Maya family entrepreneurship in the cacao industry."
The move comes after the trip was also criticised as a "charm offensive" due to the fact that Caribbean country Barbados recently shed its ties with the Commonwealth and became a republic.
The Telegraph's Victoria Ward detailed how the royals' visit could be perceived as a means to quickly drum up support from other countries before they follow suit—disregarding potential for attitudes to be turning the same way as the neighbouring country.
Barbados was the first country to separate from the Commonwealth since 1992.
The controversy also follows a "tone deaf" comment from Prince William earlier this month while he attended an event at the Ukraine Cultural Centre in support of the country. There, William was heard telling attendees, "For our generation, it’s very alien to see this in Europe. We’re all right behind you. We’re thinking about you. We feel so useless."
Twitter was rife with backlash, with many saying that his use of the word "alien" minimised the suffering of other conflicts that have taken place in Europe.
"'War doesn’t happen in Europe' is an EXTREMELY, WILDLY AHISTORICAL thing to say about a continent that is on its Third World War in less than a century," wrote one Twitter user.
Others pointed out that William has lived through other major conflicts in Europe including the Kosovo War and the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014.
