Barbados to drop Queen Elizabeth as head of state in 2021
Caribbean island‘s governor-general says it’s time to leave colonial past behind: ‘Barbadians want a Barbadian head of state’
16 September 2020 - 18:34
London — The Caribbean island of Barbados wants to remove Britain's Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic, the government has said, reviving a plan mooted several times in the past.
A former colony that gained independence in 1966, Barbados has maintained a formal link with the British monarchy as have other countries such as Canada, Australia and a number of Caribbean nations that were once part of the British Empire...
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