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As Barbados became a republic and replaced Queen Elizabeth as its head of state, the ceremonies also reflected the ongoing — but subtle — transition playing out within the upper echelons of the House of Windsor.

Elizabeth’s heir, Prince Charles, was on hand in Heroes Square in Bridgetown, Barbados — as he has been increasingly on overseas trips that his mother, now 95, would have once made.

As we’ve been noting in The Royal Fascinator for a while,