Queen Elizabeth devoted her life to preserving the Commonwealth. Its future under King Charles looks less certain.
when he made an announcement that would not have been music to the dead monarch’s ears.
Davis' decision and the Bahamas itself are a product of the empire, which at its height saw Britain's monarch rule over a quarter of the world’s population. It was the largest empire in history with colonies and protectorates around the world that included what’s now Australia, Canada, South Africa, Pakistan and India.
But in recent years, former British colonies, especially countries where Black residents were enslaved by their colonial masters, have been demanding accountability from the royal family, which became fabulously rich on the backs of slaves. for slavery while on a royal tour of the Caribbean that took them to former colonies Jamaica, Belize as well as the Bahamas.“Why are we footing the bill for the benefit of a regime whose rise to ‘greatness’ was fueled by the extinction, enslavement, colonization , and degradation of the people of this land?” the Bahamas National Reparations Committee declared in an open letter.
With Charles now king, that trend is likely to continue, said Prior. And there’s not much he can do about it. Commonwealth flags fly next to a statue of Winston Churchill at London's Parliament Square in London.“The Commonwealth has accommodated republics within its ranks from the very earliest stages — India became a republic way back in 1950, yet remained within the Commonwealth — so this is something that the organization is very used to,” Prior said.
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