Almost 20 years after her speech in front of Parliament where she admitted to living a “annus horribilis“, in 1992, after the divorces of two of her children, Andrew and Anne, and the fire at Windsor Castle, her favorite, Queen Elizabeth II is hardly having a better year 2021 …
Barbados has a new head of state
Last April, already tormented by the shocking confidences of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on the royal family, the monarch lost her husband “well liked “, Prince Philip. To add disgrace to this pain, it loses its influence …
Barbados, a small Caribbean state and former British colony, still a member of the Commonwealth, decided last year to no longer recognize her as its head of state. And a month away from becoming a Republic, “Governor General Dame Sandra Mason was unanimously elected by Parliament [une personne s’est abstenue] to become the first President of Barbados “. This is what reports in its columns The Barbados Advocate, this October 20.
Loss of influence
A news that arrives in a context of fear, double. First, because the Queen of England was hospitalized for a few hours, during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, this week, due to fatigue. She has since returned to Windsor Palace. In addition, and as the Guardian points out, because other Commonwealth countries may soon follow the same path as Barbados – and in particular Jamaica.
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