![The Queen and Prince Philip in Barbados in 1966. The island plans to remove her as head of state and become a republic by November 2021.](https://ibw21.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/queen-and-prince-philip-barbados-1966-910x512-1.jpg)
Barbados has announced its intention to remove the Queen as its head of state and become a republic by November 2021. A speech written by its prime minister, Mia Mottley, quoted a warning by the Caribbean island nation’s first premier, Errol Barrow, against “loitering on colonial premises”. Reading the speech, governor-general Dame Sandra Mason said: “The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind. Barbadians want a Barbadian…