Growing calls in Caribbean to cut ties to monarchy as royals fly out
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on an overseas visit in 2019. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock
Patrick Vernon, a Windrush campaigner, cultural historian and the author of 100 Great Black Britons, said: “Britain still has key legal and economic ties, which makes it difficult for a country like Jamaica to be truly independent. This year is an opportunity for people to reflect: do we want to be a republic, and what does that mean? If Jamaica decided it did, there would be a domino effect on the rest of the English-speaking Caribbean.”
