Barbados Is Finally Ditching Queen Elizabeth II and the British Monarchy
- The Caribbean is home to nine of 16 Commonwealth Realms
- Gov. Sandra Mason to become president of republic on Nov. 30
Queen Elizabeth ll inspects a guard of honour as she arrives in Barbados in 1977.
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For the first time in three decades, Queen Elizabeth II is losing one of her many realms.
On Nov. 30, Barbados, in the eastern Caribbean, will be removing the British monarch as its head of state and installing Governor General Sandra Mason as president.