#barbados became the first country in almost 30 years to remove the queen as its head of state. Other countries that have discussed dismantling the Queen include Jamaica and Australia, where a 1999 referendum looking to replace her with an Australian head of state failed. Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago as well as Dominica have previously dropped the English monarch as their head of state.

In addition to British Overseas Territories, the Queen of England serves as the head of state of 14 sovereign countries other than her own – making the UK the most prolific among the world’s 17 constitutional monarchies which keep employing monarchs as representative heads of state.

Do you think monarchies still have a pace in the modern world, or is it time to move on?
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