On the eve of the 55th anniversary of its independence, hundreds of years after it was claimed for King James of England, the tiny island of Barbados is set to become the youngest republic on Earth.
Early Tuesday morning, Governor General Sandra Mason will be sworn in as president and officially cease being a representative of Queen Elizabeth, thereby severing the government’s final official ties to the monarchy of the United Kingdom.
“If we are going to face the world with confidence, then we need to do so as whole as we can,” Prime Minister Mia Mottley explained in an interview with CBC News. “Which is
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