In a historic move for the island nation of Barbados, the country put an end to roughly 400 years of colonial rule, removing Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state and swore Sandra Mason as the newly formed republic's president. As an added bonus, they've also namedAlready an ambassador for Barbados since 2018, Rihanna was named the country's 11th national hero making her the second woman in the nation's history to be bestowed that honor.
In the same way that being knighted by the Queen gives people the honor of putting Sir or Dame in front of their name, the new distinction now gives Rihanna the title of the Right Honorable . Barbados joins other Caribbean nations of Guyana, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, whom all have removed the Queen as their de facto head of state."We the people must give Republic Barbados its spirit and its substance," Mason said in her
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