Just now, "Britain's oldest colony" cancelled the Queen's status as head of state! Prince Charles at

Original title: just now, "Britain's oldest colony" cancelled the Queen's status as head of state! Prince Charles attended the transition ceremony
Edited by: Huang Sheng
According to CCTV news on November 30, the Caribbean island country Barbados officially cancelled the head of state status of Queen Elizabeth II from November 30 local time. On the same day, Sandra Mason, the first president of Barbados, took office, marking Barbados's emergence as a new republic.
It is understood that Barbados has been a British colony since 1627. It did not become independent from Britain until November 30, 1966. After that, it still retains the monarchical status of Queen Elizabeth in the country. Although Barbados officially cancelled the head of state status of Queen Elizabeth II from the 30th, another step towards independence, it will still retain its Commonwealth membership.

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According to the people's information on November 29, British Crown Prince Charles will attend the inauguration ceremony in Bridgetown, Barbados, at the invitation of motley. Charles is also expected to deliver a speech at the handover ceremony, focusing on the continued development of bilateral relations.
According to overseas network reports, on November 30, Prince Charles attended the transition ceremony held in Bridgetown, Barbados.
"Britain's oldest colony"
According to Shangguan News reported on November 29, Barbados, located in the Eastern Caribbean, covers an area of about 430 square kilometers and has a population of less than 300000. Barbados has not attracted much attention before.
Richard Drayton, Professor of imperial and global history at King's College London, said that Barbados can be described as the oldest colony of Britain. It was under the jurisdiction of the governor since 1627 and "was ruled by the British King until 1966".
At present, it has been nearly 400 years since the first British ship arrived on the island, and Barbados is also known as "little England".
Barbados declared its independence on November 30, 1966, but it is still a member of the Commonwealth and the head of state is still the British monarch. However, according to Barbados media reports, the discussion on changing to republicanism has a long history in Barbados, which began in the 1970s.

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This process has been accelerated since motley became prime minister in 2018. Last September, Mason announced that Barbados intends to no longer recognize the queen of England as head of state and will turn into a republic.
At that time, in a speech on behalf of motley, Mason said: "the time has come to completely get rid of colonial history. Barbados needs a Barbadian as head of state." Barbados "will take reasonable steps towards full sovereignty and become a republic when celebrating the 55th anniversary of independence".
In May this year, the motley government established a 10 member "Advisory Committee on the transition of the status of the Republic". Since his party enjoys a majority of seats in parliament, the relevant agenda is progressing smoothly.
Drayton believes that Barbados's transformation into a Republic also reflects local public opinion - it is absurd to let a person thousands of miles away and determined by the hereditary system be the head of state.
Although getting rid of colonial rule and having national sovereignty seems to be the main reason for Barbados to become a republic.
But public opinion has noticed that this is a special moment. Guy Hewitt, a former High Commissioner for Barbados in Britain, said the motley government wanted to take swift action to "divert attention from Barbados in difficult times." he said that the global struggle against COVID-19 was particularly difficult for Barbados, a tourism based economy.
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