The Countess of Wessex helped hoist a disabled sailor into a boat and hugged an eight-year-old boy as part on her visit to Antigua and Barbuda’s National Sailing Academy. Sophie, and her husband the Earl of Wessex, heard about the Sail-Ability programme, which offers people with disabilities, especially children, the opportunity to get involved in water activities. The countess first sounded a loud horn to signal the start of a boat race between Duke of Edinburgh students, before saying: “ I did

Anti-monarchy campaigners have labelled the Earl of Wessex’s “ disinterest ” in reparations for Caribbean nations as “ an insult to Britain as much as it is ” to the islands themselves. Republic criticised Edward after he gave a nervous laugh following remarks from the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, who urged him and the Countess of Wessex to use their “ diplomatic influence ” to achieve “ reparatory justice ” for the country. The group’s chief executive, Graham Smith, said the response