Barbados revives plan to remove Queen as head of state and become a republic

Caribbean island's leader says Barbadians want a Barbadian head of state' and aims to achieve goal by November 2021

Barbados has decided to press ahead with long-running plans to remove the Queen as head of state, prompting speculation that other Caribbean islands may follow suit in the wake of the Windrush scandal and the Black Lives Matter Movement.

Barbados said it intended to become a republic by November 2021. The move requires a two-thirds majority in parliament, and there are no plans to have a referendum, something that is not required in the constitution but had been previously proposed.