Barbados revives plan to remove Queen as head of state and become a republic

The Caribbean island’s leader says its people want a ‘Barbadian head of state’ and aim to achieve the goal by November 2021

Barbados has announced its intention to remove the Queen as its head of state and become a republic by November 2021.

A speech written by its prime minister, Mia Mottley, quoted a warning by the Caribbean island nation’s first premier, Errol Barrow, against “loitering on colonial premises”.

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