On this photograph from a Commonwealth assembly in 2015, then-Prince Charles speaks with Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne. Browne recommended final week that the nation would vote inside three years on whether or not to take away the British king as its head of state.
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On this photograph from a Commonwealth assembly in 2015, then-Prince Charles speaks with Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne. Browne recommended final week that the nation would vote inside three years on whether or not to take away the British king as its head of state.
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King Charles III had simply taken the throne final week when one Caribbean chief floated the thought of eliminating the British monarch as his nation’s head of state.
Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, introduced he plans to carry a referendum inside the subsequent three years to determine whether or not to take away the king as head of state and turn out to be a republic.
“This can be a matter that must be taken to a referendum for the folks to determine,” Browne instructed ITV Information.
“It doesn’t characterize any type of disrespect to the monarch. This isn’t an act of hostility, or any distinction between Antigua and Barbuda and the monarchy,” he added. “It’s a last step to finish the circle of independence to turn out to be a really sovereign nation.”
Along with the UK, there are 14 international locations often known as Commonwealth realms that also have the ruling British royal as their monarch.
However in recent times, there have been efforts amongst some Caribbean nations to get rid of the British monarch as their figurehead.
They’ve come at a time when Caribbean political leaders and activists have more and more referred to as on Britain to apologize for its historical past of slavery all through the area and pay reparations.
No less than six Caribbean international locations – together with Antigua and Barbuda in addition to Jamaica and Belize – have recommended they need to take away the British king or queen as their head of state, in line with Overseas Coverage.
In November, Barbados did simply that. The island nation eradicated the queen as head of state and changed her with a president.
Charles ascended to the throne final week following the demise of his mom, Queen Elizabeth II, who dominated for seven many years.
