Barbados has become a parliamentary republic, goodbye to the British Crown: it sets on the island after four centuries of rule
At local midnight (5 am in Italy) Barbados became a parliamentary republic ruled by two women. In September 2020, the Caribbean micro-state unilaterally proclaimed a divorce from London – in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement – and set the date of 30 November 2021 as the deadline for the constitutional change, coinciding with the 55th anniversary of independence from Great Britain. , dating back to 1966.
The Prince of Wales attended the ceremony at the National Heroes Square representing the Queen in addition to intervening in his successor role as head of the Commonwealth of which Barbados has been a member since 1966 and will continue to be a part. Upon his arrival at Grantley Adams airport, Prince Charles was greeted by Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, hitherto official representative of the British monarch on the Caribbean island as governor general, who was sworn in as president.
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