Jamaican PM: We’re Cutting Ties To British Monarchy

The Associated Press reports:

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness told Prince William and Kate on Wednesday that the British commonwealth intends to become fully independent in an unexpected announcement that comes as other countries consider cutting ties with the monarchy.

Holness also noted that there are “unresolved” issues as he greeted Prince William and Kate in front of a media scrum. “We are moving on,” he said. “We intend to…fulfill our true ambitions and destiny as an independent, developed, prosperous country.”

The former British colony would become only the second Caribbean island to sever relations with Queen Elizabeth II in recent years, with Barbados doing so in November.

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