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		</div><p>Barbados has announced its intention to remove the Queen of England as its head of state and become a republic by November, 2021.</p>
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<p>A speech written by Prime Minister Mia Mottley quoted the Caribbean island nation’s first premier Errol Barrow’s warning against “loitering on colonial premises”.</p>
<p>Reading the speech, Governor-General Dame Sandra Mason said: “The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind. Barbadians want a Barbadian Head of State.</p>
<figure id="attachment_162081" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-162081" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/68854508-0FD2-4A10-91E8-B6C0385A181A.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" class="size-full wp-image-162081" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-162081" class="wp-caption-text">Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley wants her country to become a republic</figcaption></figure>
<p>This is the ultimate statement of confidence in who we are and what we are capable of achieving.<br />
“Hence, Barbados will take the next logical step toward full sovereignty and become a Republic by the time we celebrate our 55th Anniversary of Independence.”<br />
The country gained its independence from Britain in 1966, though the Queen remains its constitutional monarch.</p>
<p>In 1998, a Barbados constitutional review commission recommended republican status, and in 2015 Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said “we have to move from a monarchical system to a republican form of government in the very near future”.</p>
<figure id="attachment_162082" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-162082" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/46BE8D9D-AE55-4FF6-8967-B370CC3E6E4E.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" class="size-full wp-image-162082" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-162082" class="wp-caption-text">Members of the royal family, including the Prince of Wales who is shown meeting singer Lionel Richie and Sir Tom Jones, have enjoyed visits to Barbados over the years</figcaption></figure>
<p>Most Caribbean countries have kept formal links with the monarchy after achieving independence.<br />
Barbados would join Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica and Guyana if it proceeds with its plan to become a republic. Jamaica has also flagged such a transition, with Prime Minister Andrew Holness saying it is a priority of his government, but has yet to achieve it.</p>
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<p>Barbados took another step towards independence from the UK in 2003 when it replaced the London-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice, located in Trinidad and Tobago’s Port of Spain, as its final appeals court.</p>
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