Public talk for UCL Caribbean Seminar Series entitled ‘Caribbean Politics and the British Monarchy: Decolonisation, Republicanism and Reparations’

‘Amid renewed controversy surrounding the British royal family, debates about the monarchy’s institutional legitimacy have intensified in the United Kingdom. Yet King Charles is not just the head of state in the UK. He is currently King in fourteen other countries, eight of which are in the Caribbean.’

‘Non-sovereign territories today account for more than half the states in the Caribbean, but regional and global histories of the twentieth century tend to exclude them from narratives of protest and change.’

Commonwealth Caribbean Wants More than Symbolic Change from British Monarchy

‘Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Charles has become King, not only in the UK, but also in fourteen other countries around the world. Over half of these states are in the Caribbean and reactions to the announcement of a new King have been decidedly mixed. As people in these Caribbean ‘realms’ are faced with a new, less popular monarch, one which they have not chosen, will this accelerate a growing movement for republicanism in the region?’