Jamaica is celebrating the 50th anniversary of independence from Britain next week. The government in Kingston is talking about becoming a republic and is also looking at ending a legal legacy of the British Empire. Earlier this year the Jamaican prime minister pledged to make the country a republic. Portia Simpson Miller, whose People's National Party (PNP) took power in a landslide election in December, said it was time "to sever the ties". She trod carefully, saying: "I love the Queen. She's a beautiful lady." However, she added in patois: "But I think time come." Mrs Simpson Miller also promised to switch from the Judicial Committee of the Privy...
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