TRINIDAD AND Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley has said it is time for Prince William to do more than just offer words of regret about Britain’s role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. 

Mr Rowley has demanded reparations for those who were victims of slavery.

Speaking at the Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day, which was organised by the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) on Monday night, the PM said he would “believe” Prince William’s words more if it was followed up with real action. 

He said: “I was pleased to hear a member of the Royal household in the United Kingdom. But tonight, I want to say to Prince William, having said that, I believe you. 

“But I will believe you more if you do what you must now do, which is the offer of some reparation to the people who were wronged in the way that you have acknowledged.

Mr Rowley added its not enough to just recognise wrongdoing and said it is not “sufficient to say that I acknowledge this, and not seek to help those who were harmed by it.”

This comes after highly-publicised protests about slavery and reparations in Belize, Jamaica and The Bahamas during the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Royal Caribbean Tour.

The week-long tour came to an end on Saturday and was met with mixed reviews.

“In the bible and in your teaching, it says that there are two conditions, and they go side by side. One is repentance and the other, if you want to be redeemed, you have to repent, then salvation could be yours,” Mr Rowley added.

Mr Rowley is the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago and was first elected into office on September 9, 2015.