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Republicanism in the Bahamas is a political movement for the replacement of the monarchy of the Bahamas with a president as head of state.The idea has been floated since at least 2002, with renewed discussions following Barbados' transition to a republic in 2021, and the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.
After Barbados became a republic in November 2021, Minister of Tourism Charles Fernandez called for the government of Antigua and Barbuda to do the same. [6] The Chairman of the Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission, Dorbrene O’Marde, echoed Fernandez, but went on to say the move could include challenges. [ 7 ]
Republicanism in Jamaica is a position which advocates that Jamaica's system of government be changed from a constitutional monarchy to a republic. Both major political parties – the Jamaica Labour Party and the People's National Party – subscribe to the position, and the current Prime Minister of Jamaica , Andrew Holness , has announced ...
Supporters of republicanism in the Caribbean say is part of a larger reckoning with the legacy of British colonialism and the atrocities of the slave trade in the region.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stressed that they are ‘committed to service’.
In Canada, a constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm, Members of Parliament belonging to the Conservative Party sang Canada's royal anthem, "God Save the Queen", in parliament on 1 December 2021, while rejecting a Bloc Québécois motion to congratulate Barbados on "renouncing the British monarchy". [52] [53]
Robert Hazell and Bob Morris argued in 2017 that there are five aspects to the monarchy of the Commonwealth realms: the constitutional monarchy, including the royal prerogative and the use thereof on the advice of local ministers or according to convention or statute law; the national monarchy, comprising the functions of the head of state ...
"The monarchy as an institution is all about the monarch and her direct heirs," royal editor Robert Jobson said. "The Sussexes are popular, but their involvement in matters of state are negligible."