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Kingdom and 14 other countries, some of whom have considered switching to a republic
The role of the monarchy outside of the UK is controversial as countries won their independence with revolutions against British colonial
The death of Queen Elizabeth, aged 96, has been met with praise, but her reign was more than often overshadowed by scandals involving her
The child accused Andrew and his billionaire friend, Jeffrey Epstein of keeping her as a slave
In an infamous TV interview, Andrew said that he had no regrets about his association with Epstein
family in a TV interview, which included allegations of racism which linger on today and Meghan saying she had been pushed to the brink of
suicide.There have been scandals involving infidelity, including Queen Elizabeth's younger sister Princess Margaret, allegations
surrounding her husband Prince Philip and her eldest son and heir to the throne King Charles when he was married to his former wife
the country, with inflation rising to record levels and energy and fuel prices sky-rocketing.While ordinary Brits have been forced to cut
their spending, the budget of senior British monarchy members such as the late Queen and King Charles have continued to rise over the
that involve shaking hands with the public and flying abroad
group Republic denounced the expenses saying "as always, while the rest of us face a cost-of-living crisis and continued squeezes on public
services, the royals walk off with hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money
and only fund what's required for the functions of the head of state."The accession of King Charles to the throne has put the spotlight on
This is despite being seen in public campaigning on environmental issues.King Charles has controversial links to the terrorist al-Qaeda
money was passed on to another account immediately
renewed calls for former colonies in the Caribbean to remove the monarch as their head of state and for Britain to pay slavery reparations
There are doubts in the region about the role a distant monarch should play in the modern day.The chair of the Bahamas National Reparations
Those who survived the brutal voyage were forced to labor on plantations in the Caribbean and the Americas.Jamaican reparations advocate
Rosalea Hamilton said an acknowledgment by King Charles at the Kigali conference about slavery offered "some degree of hope that he will
learn from the history, understand the painful impact that many nations have endured till today" and address the need for
The Advocates Network, which Hamilton coordinates, published an open letter calling for "apologies and reparations".Last year, Jamaica's
government announced plans to ask Britain for compensation for forcibly transporting an estimated 600,000 Africans to work on sugar cane and
banana plantations that made British slaveholders extremely rich.Jamaica has signaled it may soon follow Barbados in ditching royal rule
A survey showed the majority of Jamaicans favor ditching the British monarch.Mikael Phillips, an opposition member of Jamaica's
parliament, in 2020 filed a motion backing the removal
"I am hoping as the prime minister had said in one of his expressions, that he would move faster when there is a new monarch in place," he
said.To get a picture of how King Charles will possibly rule, one of the clearest ideas comes from secret memos between the new king and
senior government ministers released in 2015 after a long legal battle won by the Guardian newspaper
same year, another legal battle paved the way for the release of government papers that showed Charles has been receiving secret cabinet
have a wealthy, controversial royal family? Over the years the public opinion, especially among the younger generation, has shifted towards
