Sunday, January 8, 2012

Jamaica to cut ties with British monarchy



Jamaica's new prime minister has said that it is time for her country to cut ties with the British monarchy and declare itself an independent republic. Speaking at her inaugural address on Friday, Portia Simpson Miller, said her government would "initiate the process of detachment from the monarchy", establishing a republic with a president as head of state, and breaking off links with the former colonial power. Al Jazeera's Andrew Potter reports.

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