Barbados introduced plans to turn out to be a republic final 12 months, ending almost 400 years of British presence within the nation.
It has been an unbiased nation since 1966, however the queen had served as formal head of state, as she nonetheless does for Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Jamaica, amongst different nations.
Her oldest son, Prince Charles, was in attendance for the ceremony, watching on because the British monarch’s royal commonplace flag was lowered after which changed.
