Antigua and Barbuda may try to remove King Charles III as its head of state

In this photo from a Commonwealth meeting in 2015, then-Prince Charles speaks with Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne. Browne suggested last week that the country would vote within three years on whether to remove the British king as its head of state. (Matthew Mirabelli/AFP via Getty Images)

King Charles III had just taken the throne last week when one Caribbean leader floated the idea of doing away with the British monarch as his country's head of state.

Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, announced he plans to hold a referendum within the next three years to decide whether to remove the king as head of state and become a republic.