Just before the coronation of King Charles III. A poll has cast doubt on the future of the British monarch’s global empire. Charles is head of state in 15 states, including Canada and Australia, as well as countries in the Caribbean and Oceania. In many countries and territories, a majority of people are now in favor of abolishing the monarchy, according to a poll published today.
More than 50 percent of respondents in the Bahamas (51 percent) and Solomon Islands (59 percent) said they would vote to abolish the monarchy in a referendum. According to Lord Ashcroft’s poll, anti-monarchy opponents outnumber anti-royalists in Britain’s Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda.
Great doubt in the Caribbean
Especially in the Caribbean, support for the monarchy is eroding. There, rejection is often accompanied by demands for forgiveness or reparations for injustices suffered at the hands of colonialism and slavery. At the end of 2021, the island state of Barbados seceded from the monarchy. Jamaica and others are expected to follow soon.
Support for the monarchy is highest in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu and England and Wales, where 70 percent of respondents in the poll said they would vote to retain the monarchy.
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