Monarch sends message marking 'momentous' day and wishing Barbadians peace and prosperity As Barbados removes the Queen as its head of state and becomes a republic, the monarch has sent her congratulations on the nation's "momentous" day. Prince Charles arrived on the Caribbean island on Sunday to join the inauguration ceremony of the president-elect, Sandra Mason, who replaces the Queen as head of state overnight as Barbados sheds the vestiges of a colonial system stretching back 400 years.
Monarch sends message marking 'momentous' day and wishing Barbadians peace and prosperity As Barbados removes the Queen as its head of state and becomes a republic, the monarch has sent her congratulations on the nation's "momentous" day. Prince Charles arrived on the Caribbean island on Sunday to join the inauguration ceremony of the president-elect, Sandra Mason, who replaces the Queen as head of state overnight as Barbados sheds the vestiges of a colonial system stretching back 400 years.
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