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in PopIn Barbados, what’s Rihanna’s honorific?
Answer: Singer and fashion icon Rihanna had been declared a member of the Barbadian Order of National Heroes by the Barbadian government. President-elect Sandra Mason bestowed her with a title, “the right excellent,” on Nov. 30, 2021, as the island celebrated becoming a republic for the first time in history. That means Queen Elizabeth II…
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in PoliticsWhich country abolished its monarchy to become a republic in 2021?
Barbados has elected the country’s first-ever president on Oct. 12, 2021, as it prepares to become a republic, removing British Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. Dame Sandra Mason, 72, is set to be sworn in on Nov. 30, which will mark the country’s 55th anniversary of independence from Britain. The Barbados government announced…