A ROYAL charm offensive to celebrate the Queen's 70-year reign in four Caribbean countries has run into trouble before it starts today.
As the monarch celebrated her 96th birthday, Buckingham Palace was yesterday forced to announce the Earl and Countess of Wessex have pulled out of visiting one of their destinations, Grenada.
It followed complaints that Prince Edward and wife Sophie were only going to spare the country a few hours of their time.
And it comes after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge faced criticism about the monarchy during their Caribbean tour last month.
Sources said Gren 22 for taxpayers in Grenada and they were only coming for eight hours.
Others said it was felt the couple's tour would fail to achieve its twin objectives – to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and to showcase the islands visited.
Buckingham Palace said: “In consultation with the government of Grenada and on the advice of the Governor General, The Earlada's Government asked for the Wessexes' visit to be called off after officials complained they would be spending just eight hours there during their week-long tour of the Caribbean.
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