St Kitts and Nevis is not totally free under King Charles III, says PM

Dr Terrance Drew told the BBC he will take the question of making his country a republic to the people of St Kitts and NevisThe Prime Minister of a Caribbean nation has told the BBC his country is "not totally free" as long as King Charles III remains head of state.

Speaking to the BBC in the St Kitts and Nevis capital Basseterre, Dr Drew described the research as a positive move. St Kitts and Nevis were the first Caribbean islands that English colonisers permanently settled. Locals still refer to the dual island federation as the "mother colony". "It was very exciting," Leonard told the BBC. "I still feel proud, having been tasked with that important job."

"One of the things that kind of irks us as a people is when our leaders are being sworn in, we still hear them swear allegiance to the King or the Queen and their heirs and successors," he said. "We definitely want to move to the point where we can swear allegiance to our own beliefs, our constitution."

"We are not just speaking about a monetary contribution, because we are not acting like victims," he said. The main aim of the 10-point plan is to achieve reparatory justice for the descendants of enslaved Africans - including cash payments, development funding, and full, formal apologies. In 2014, it was unanimously approved by Caricom members.UK cultural influence remains strong in St Kitts and Nevis, decades after independence

In recent years, royal tours to Caribbean countries have also intensified the debate around reparations. The day before the then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in the Bahamas in March 2022, the National Reparations Committee in the Bahamas released a letter calling for Britain to pay reparations for the slave trade.

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