Barbados completely leaves behind the 19th and 20th Century British Empire to enter the 21st Century as a Republic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ey5vNwlvNY
There are other island nations in the Caribbean yet to do likewise, one of which is Jamaica.
The Brits could care less about that. They are more interested in the British Empire of the 21st Century known as the Five Eyes - US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand. This is a British Empire which is led by the US, a former British colony which
has grown into the most powerful nation (son taking over from the father). This British Empire is much more powerful than the old one. It remains the Empire that the sun never sets.
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