Jamaican parliament considers removing British king as head of state
by editors@theworld.org (Patti Daniels) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6SZG4)
After Jamaica gained independence from England in 1962, it retained the British monarch as head of state. But if new legislation presented in parliament were to pass - which is unlikely - that would bring the ceremonial nod to the island's colonial past to an end. The World's Host Marco Werman explains.