Barbados Swears In First President, Transforms Into Republic

Barbados Swears In First President, Transforms Into Republic

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Watch VideoBarbados 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.

Several leaders and dignitaries, including Prince Charles, attended the ceremony that began late Monday in a popular square where the statue of a...

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