Barbados has change into the world’s latest republic, formally eradicating Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state.
In an in a single day ceremony within the capital, Bridgetown, Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in as president.
The Prince of Wales and Barbadian singer Rihanna attended the occasion, which coincided with the nation’s fifty fifth anniversary of independence.
In a speech, Prince Charles acknowledged the “appalling atrocity of slavery” the Caribbean island had suffered.
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