Since We Talking BLM - These Caribbean Countries Still Maintain British Crown As Head Of Their States



Now That Black Lives Matter Is Hot Topic In The Caribbean , Who is Your Caribbean Country Head Of State? 


Jamaica's Judges and House Speakers inside their 
highest court (Parliament) are still wearing 
the traditional white horsehair British locks  
almost sixty years since they gained 
Independence from Britain
Regardless if the British monarch only serves a ceremonial role, the monarch is still preserved as the head of state in several of her former English speaking colonies with functions carried out by her representative the governor general in several Caribbean countries today. Some Caribbean countries such as Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana DO NOT maintain the British monarch as their Head of State, instead many years ago they have chosen the route of amending their democratic constitutions by becoming Republic nations and having their Parliament appoint their own national Head Of State in the form of a President.

 However in several former British Caribbean colonies today their governments and people are still very content of having their former coloniser Britain through the British monarch, the Queen of England remain their nation Head Of State. The monarch is the only member of the British royal family with any constitutional role in these Caribbean countries, holding the ultimate executive authority in several of former colonies in the Caribbean still today in 2020, through the laws enacted by these independent Caribbean countries Parliaments. Most of her royal constitutional and ceremonial duties today are carried out by her representative, the governor-general. 

Below are the former British Caribbean colonies, who have been independent for many years but still proudly preserve the British crown as their Head Of State and Head of the Executive Branch;

 Jamaica

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Saint Lucia

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Grenada 

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

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