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Barbados Will Remove Queen Elizabeth as Head of State to “Leave Our Colonial Past Behind”

HeadlineSep 17, 2020

The Caribbean nation of Barbados has announced plans to remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state. In a statement, the government said, “The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind.”

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