And, indeed, the leader of the opposition in Jamaica Mark Golding has committed to telling the royals the same when he meets them on their ongoing tour of that island nation.
But, he was preempted in this by Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
William and Kate landed there in high style, but their reception, though warm, has come with a particularly strong message. This morning, the Cambridges received a public reminder from the Jamaican Prime Minister that he wants an end to the British monarch's role as head of state.
It's a meeting with a very different spirit than the reverential tone set by PM Bricenco and his wife, where protocol dictated that the media wasn't even allowed to hear the discussion.
But, this morning's engagement with PM Holness in his office, wouldn't have been what the Duke and Duchess were expecting. Prime Minister Holness, who campaigned on a pledge to make Jamaica a republic - in a departure from protocol - spoke to the couple in front of the cameras and let them know that time's up on the monarchy:
Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica
"I am certain you would have seen the spectrum of expressions yesterday. There are issues here that are as you would know unresolved but your presence gives an opportunity for those issues to be put in context placed front and center and to be addressed as best as we can but Jamaica is as you would see a country that is very proud of our history and very proud of what we have achieved. We are moving on and we intend to attain in short order … our goals and fulfil our true ambitions as an independent, developed, prosperous country."
The Cambridge's are bound for the Bahamas in the morning but even there calls for reparations are coming from the country's National Reparations Committee (BNRC). A letter, released ahead of tomorrow's royal arrival, outlines the Bahamian call for reparations saying, quote: "We are tired of paying literally with our lives for the maintenance of a paradigm in which we were exploited so others could be exalted. It is time now for reparatory justice. The time is now for reparations."
