Commonwealth country drops allegiance to King

A Caribbean Commonwealth country has dropped its Oath of Allegiance to King Charles III.

Now, the Grenadian people will pledge allegiance to Grenada, instead of Charles, his heirs and successors.

A new bill enacts the changes to the Oath of Allegiance, and it came into effect on 1 August 2025, Emancipation Day, which marks the day slavery was abolished in the British Empire.

Constitution (Oath of Allegiance) (Amendment) (NO. 1) Bill, 2025 states that the oath’s words will be changed from “His Majesty King Charles the Third, His Heirs and Successors” to simply “Grenada.”

It will apply to the oaths of the Governor-General, members of the Houses of Parliament, Ministers or Parliamentary Secretaries, and citizens by marriage.

It specifically states, “Where in any written law other than in the Constitution and the Courts Order provision is made for taking the Oath there appear in the Oath the words “His Majesty King Charles the Third, His Heirs and Successors”; those words shall be deleted, and there shall be substituted therefor the word ‘Grenada’.

In 2023, Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell shared his hope that the country would become a republic under his leadership. 

In other parts of the Caribbean, Barbados successfully became a republic during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II in November 2021. Jamaica is currently in the process of removing the monarchy.

Grenada is one of the Commonwealth realms in the Caribbean with King Charles as head of state.