Barbados swapped the Queen for its own president in 2021
On November 30, 2021, 55 years after independence, Barbados swore in Sandra Mason as president and removed Elizabeth II as head of state.
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UK MPs shut the door on Black Rod. Speakers say it isn't defiance
MPs shut the door on Black Rod at the State Opening. Most read it as defiance, but Speakers have ruled it lets the Commons establish who is knocking.
Australia's 1975 dismissal and the palace letters
Sir John Kerr sacked Gough Whitlam in 1975. Letters released in 2020 show the palace told him a week earlier that the reserve powers still existed.
The Princess of Wales completes the Three Peaks, a royal first
Catherine, Princess of Wales, is the first royal to finish the UK's Three Peaks Challenge. She raised money for the Royal Marsden, which treated her.
Iceland's Althing is called the oldest parliament. It has a gap.
Iceland dates its Althing to 930 and calls it the oldest parliament, though the assembly stopped sitting for about 45 years.
A 1606 English law turned a foiled plot into Bonfire Night
A 1605 plot to blow up parliament led to a 1606 law making 5 November an annual celebration, which stayed on the books until 1859.
Rupert Lowe won't say if King Charles is a 'white Briton'
Pressed on BBC radio, Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe would not say whether King Charles is a white Briton, as his party wins a Tory convert.