King Charles faces Commonwealth struggle as countries refuse to celebrate Coronation
King Charles III reigns over Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
Following the recent removal of the monarchy as the head of state of Barbados back in 2021, other Commonwealth countries have expressed their desire to follow suit.
Despite many countries coming out to also plan their journey to become a republic, there has yet to be another to successfully follow in Barbados' footsteps.
Since the Coronation on May 6, it's clear that not all the King's nations are celebrating this new era.
Antigua and Barbuda are one of countries that have raised concern over their new head of state, and whether it is necessary that they continue their complicated relationship with Britain and the monarchy.
Last year, Antigua and Barbuda addressed their plans to become a republic by 2025 after the Queen's death, and this hasn't changed now King Charles is in charge.
Gemma Handy, editor of the Antigua Observer told us: "The days of local residents lining the streets and waving flags during royal visits have gone. Most people in Antigua and Barbuda these days are apathetic at best towards the monarchy. There is very little talk of the Coronation here, apart from what a new monarch might mean for the growing reparations movement.
"Increasing awareness of the royal family's links to slavery and the enduring legacy of that era on the region’s population today mean there's little appetite for celebrating the crowning of another British head of state."
News Reporter Robert A Emmanuel of the Antigua Observer added: "Recently, there was a debate over the swearing of our new Parliamentarians where persons were irate with the idea that local politicians still had to swear allegiance to the Monarchy, rather than our Constitution or to the public who elected them."
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