Barbados

On September 16, Barbados removed Queen Elizabeth from the position of Head of the State. The Government said, "The time has come to leave our colonial past". However, the Buckingham Palace stated that it wasn't a sudden announcement. "People wanted a Barbadian as head of the state," said Barbados PM Mia Mottley. Mauritius and other Carribbean countries have already removed Queen as their head of the state since 1970.