Iphalamende laseBarbados livotele ngenyanga edlule ukuthi lingene esikhundleni seNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II lifake uMbusi wamanje uGeneral Sandra Mason njengomongameli walo wokuqala, okuvumele izwe ukuthi ligcine lidlule emlandweni walo njengekoloni elidala kunawo wonke loMbuso WaseBrithani.
UMason uzofungiswa njengomengameli wokuqala we Barbados phakathi kwamabili kulobubusuku, esusa inkosi yaseBrithani njengenhloko yombuso wayo ngemuva kweminyaka ecishe ibe yi-4.
Inkosi isibe inhloko yezwe cishe iminyaka engama-400, yize lesi siqhingi sathola inkululeko ku-UK ngo-1966. UMason wethula umkhankaso ngo-2020 wokwenza Barbados i-republic, imemezela ukuthi "amaBarbadians afuna inhloko yezwe yaseBarbadian."
I-Barbados iyipharadesi lezokuvakasha kanye namasiko, futhi lolu shintsho luzovela lube yisinyathelo esibalulekile somlando embonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.
“Njengoba sithole inkululeko eminyakeni engu-XNUMX edlule, izwe lethu alikwazi ukungabaza mayelana namandla alo okuzibusa. Sesifikile isikhathi sokuthi siwushiye ngokuphelele umlando wethu wamakoloni,” kusho uMason ngoSepthemba evikela umkhankaso.
The Prince of Wales, oyindlalifa yeNdlovukazi, usefikile kulesi siqhingi emcimbini wokufungiswa kweNational Heroes Square enhlokodolobha iBridgetown.
INdlovukazi izoshiya ngokusemthethweni isikhundla sayo phakathi kwamabili, Novemba 30 okugubha iminyaka engama-55 kwasungulwa. Barbados' ukuzimela, lapho iNkosana uCharles izokwamukela ngokusemthethweni enkathini entsha.
Ngaphandle kwesinqumo sesiqhingi sokuchitha iNdlovukazi, iNkosana yaseWales izwakalise ithemba lokuthi i-UK neBarbados bazogcina ubudlelwano obuqinile, igcizelela "ukuxhumana okuningi" phakathi kwala mazwe womabili.
I-Barbados iyizwe lakamuva lase-Caribbean ukuba libe yiriphabhulikhi, lijoyine i-Dominica, i-Guyana, ne-Trinidad ne-Tobago. Yize iJamaica ingakasukumi ngokusemthethweni ukuqoka umongameli, uNdunankulu u-Andrew Holness uthe izimisele ngokuthatha isikhundla seNdlovukazi njengenhloko yezwe.