AdvertisementBarbados breaks with the queen and becomes the world's newest republicNovember 30, 2021Nell ClarkfacebookEmailBarbados's Prime Minister Mia Mottley, left, asks the country's new president, Sandra Mason, seated at right, to make Barbadian singer Rihanna the country's 11th National Hero during a ceremony to declare Barbados a republic Tuesday. (AFP via Getty Images)