Even after it declared independence from England and became a parliamentary democracy, Barbados still recognized the British monarch as head of state therefore making it a constitutional monarchy.

A Barbados ambassador has called for the British government and royal family to apologise for slavery and pay reparations following the Church of England’s admission of its involvement in past ...

Drax Hall, a Barbados plantation where sugar has been ... The new King of England has agreed to a study of the monarchy’s already documented ties to the slave trade, though the nation’s ...

Barbados finally achieved independence in 1966. But it was only in November 2021 that the island nation eliminated the British monarchy as head of state. Historical records are able to tie current ...

At the time of the ceremonious event, Prince Charles arrived on the island for the last time as the representative of the queen, Barbados’ head of state, marking the end of the monarchy’s bind ...

“The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind,” said then-Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, who is now President of Barbados, in September 2020. The British monarchy was central ...

Jokingly, she claimed, "Everything is terrible except for the monarchy." She added that "The ... the Queen from her position there, and Barbados removed the Queen, and all the Caribbean islands ...

Apparently, saccharine-laced copy extolling The Firm’s endearing virtues is not the exclusive purview of Fleet Street’s monarchy-mad ... The wise citizens of Barbados, among others, have ...

The death of Queen Elizabeth II resurfaced debates here and across the Caribbean over whether to split from the monarchy, as Barbados did in 2021. Especially in this region, the monarchy is a ...

Barbados cut ties with the monarchy that year. Jamaica says it will hold a nationwide referendum with the goal of removing King Charles as head of state by 2025. (Jackson Weaver/CBC) The Crown has ...