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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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André Wright

The view from Jamaica: ‘I can’t stand the thought that the head of state is King Charles’

Prince Charles visiting Kingston, Jamaica, in 2008.
Prince Charles visiting Kingston, Jamaica, in 2008; he has not inherited the affection felt for the late queen. Photograph: Collin Reid/AP

While millions of television viewers globally were transfixed by the pageantry of King Charles III’s coronation, lukewarm interest in the ceremony was the clearest sign yet that Jamaica’s nostalgic love affair with the royal family is over.

Veteran lawyer Hugh Small, a member of the 15-person constitutional reform committee charting Jamaica’s transition to a republic, is impatient to ditch the monarchy.

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