Prince Charles travels to Barbados to celebrate the creation of a republic

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Reuters

By Guy Faulconbridge and Brian Ellsworth BRIDGETOWN (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles flew to Barbados as the Caribbean nation prepared for a celebration on Monday marking the founding of a republic and the removal of the queen as sovereign, cutting imperial ties some 400 years after English ships first arrived. Barbados won independence from Britain in 1966 but has retained Queen Elizabeth as its official sovereign. She will be replaced with a Barbadian president in an inauguration ceremony to be held when the country celebrates independence on Tuesday. Shedding the final vestiges of a col…

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