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King Charles' succession stirs Caribbean calls for removal of monarch
CNBC TV18 | 09/09/2022 05:56 PM | Click to read full article
The ascension of King Charles to the British throne has stirred renewed calls from politicians for former colonies in the Caribbean to remove the monarch as their head of state.
The prime minister of Jamaica said the country would mourn Queen Elizabeth, and his counterpart in Antigua and Barbuda ordered flags raised at half-mast until the day of her burial.
