Last year on Nov. 30, the Caribbean country of Barbados made a huge power play by severing ties with Britain and monarch Queen Elizabeth II and deeming itself an official republic. In doing so, the ...

With countries like Australia still debating whether or not the time has come to become a republic, what prompted tiny Barbados with its population of less than 300,000, to take the leap?

The island of Barbados has said goodbye to the British monarchy. The Associated Press reported that the Caribbean island has become a republic for the first time and removed Queen Elizabeth as its ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.

Prince Charles denounced the "atrocity of slavery" and Britain’s legacy of the slave trade as Barbados removed his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as head of state. On Monday, the 73-year-old, who is ...

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has once again demonstrated her global impact, being named one of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes in 2025. At No. 99, she joins a select group of ...

Barbados swore in its first ever president on Tuesday, becoming a republic 55 years after the island first gained independence. Queen Elizabeth was formerly the head of state of Barbados. However, ...

Queen Elizabeth will have one less realm after this week, when Barbados severs its final imperial links to Britain by removing the 95-year-old as its head of state and declaring itself a republic. The ...

On its first anniversary of complete independence from British rule, a writer reflects on how Barbados continues to celebrate what it now means to be free. Last year on Nov. 30, the Caribbean country ...