![]() ![]() The chorus of calls for British apologies, reparations and repatriation - of everything from India’s Kohinoor diamond to sculptures from Benin and Easter Island - has also grown louder, placing the new king in a vexing position. Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Bahamas and nearly every other country with similar systems of constitutional monarchy have also signaled support for becoming republics completely independent of Britain in the years to come. Jamaica is moving rapidly toward a referendum that would remove King Charles as the nation’s head of state, with a reform committee meeting regularly on the verdant grounds where colonial rulers and slave owners once lived. ![]() ![]() Many of the former colonies that still formally swear allegiance to King Charles III are accelerating efforts to cut ties with the crown and demanding restitution and a deeper reckoning with the empire that the royal family has come to represent. The era of warm, wave-and-smile relations between the British monarchy and its distant realms has come to an end. ![]()
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