Barbados plans to become republic
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The Caribbean island nation of Barbados says it wants to remove Queen Elizabeth as its head of state by next year, leaving only 15 countries worldwide with the British Queen as monarch
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WHERE IS QUEEN ELIZABETH HEAD OF STATE?
PACIFIC OCEAN
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Tuvalu
500km 300 miles

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Canada
UK
Australia 
New Zealand

Barbados announcement could pave way for other Commonwealth Realm countries to renounce monarchy
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Jamaica 
Belize
Bahamas 
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
OCEAN ATLANTIC
Antigua & Barbuda
Saint Lucia
Grenada
500km 300 miles

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Barbados
Aims to complete process to coincide with 55th anniversary of independence from Britain, in November 2021

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Sources: Reuters, BBC
Picture: Getty Images
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