The island of Barbados has said goodbye to the British monarchy. The Associated Press reported that the Caribbean island has become a republic for the first time and removed Queen Elizabeth as its ...

Barbados will remove Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become a republic by next year, its government has announced, making it the first country to drop the monarch in nearly three decades.

Barbados has officially become a republic, lowering the royal flag ending nearly 400 years of British rule over the island nation. They swore in their first president, Sandra Mason, initially a ...

BRIDGETOWN, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Barbados should become a republic and leave its colonial past behind, a top official said on Wednesday, after the Caribbean island nation said it wants to remove ...

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LONDON -- Queen Elizabeth II has eight realms in the Caribbean, but Barbados no longer wants to be part of that kingdom. The former British colony once known as "Little England" announced it plans to ...