Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, gave a speech solidifying that Barbados is intending to remove Queen Elizabeth's role of Head of State. They have decided it is time to become a republic by November 2021, the 55 year mark of independence from Britain. Buckingham Palace was not shocked by this development and have no intention to interfere with this process. Barbados will join Mauritius, Dominica, Guyana, Trinidad, and Tobago as republics that have removed Queen Elizabeth as their heads of state. It is suspected that Jamaica may also follow suit and become a republic but many other states value the relationship that having Queen Elizabeth as their head of state provides them. The Queen is still the head of state in the Bahamas, Belize, Jamaica, Barbados, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and a handful of smaller islands.
Caitlin Hamilton
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54174794
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