Barbados
'Diamond' Rihanna declared national hero of new republic Barbados
Barbados had already conferred the title of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary on the billionaire multiple Grammy-winning singer and businesswoman in...
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Barbados declared a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state
The new era for the nation of 285,000 ends Britain's centuries of influence, including more than 200 years of slavery until 1834.
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Barbados to replace British Queen, becomes a republic
In October, Barbados elected Mason to become its first president, one year after Prime Minister Mia Mottley declared the country would "fully" leave its colonial past.
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Barbados appoints Ambassador Rihanna
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said that Rihanna has been conferred the title of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
