![]() A 21-gun salute fired as the national anthem of Barbados was played over a crowded Heroes Square. ![]() REUTERS/Toby Melville reuters_tickers This content was published on Novem11:25 Novem11:25īRIDGETOWN (Reuters) - Barbados ditched Britain's Queen Elizabeth as head of state, forging a new republic on Tuesday with its first-ever president and severing its last remaining colonial bonds nearly 400 years after the first English ships arrived at the Caribbean island.Īt the strike of midnight, the new republic was born to cheers of hundreds of people lining Chamberlain Bridge in the capital, Bridgetown. ![]() Performers provide entertainment at the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony to mark the birth of a new republic in Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados, November 29, 2021.
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