Pada tanggal 30 November 2021, Barbados resmi berubah menjadi Republik Penuh<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-30|title=Barbados parts way with Queen and becomes world’s newest republic|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/30/at-the-stroke-of-midnight-barbados-becomes-the-worlds-newest-republic|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2021-12-01|archive-date=2021-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130054632/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/30/at-the-stroke-of-midnight-barbados-becomes-the-worlds-newest-republic|dead-url=no}}</ref> sepenuhnya dengan [[Sandra Mason]] sebagai Presiden Pertama yang menjadi kepala negara menggantikan Ratu [[Elizabeth II dari Britania Raya|Elizabeth II]] dari [[Britania Raya]]. Pada penyerahan kemerdekaan ini, [[Rihanna]] diangkat sebagai pahlawan negara,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-30|title=Barbados hails Rihanna ‘national hero’ as it becomes republic|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/30/barbados-hails-rihanna-national-hero-as-it-becomes-republic|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2021-12-01|archive-date=2021-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130235207/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/30/barbados-hails-rihanna-national-hero-as-it-becomes-republic|dead-url=no}}</ref>, dan dihadiri Pangeran [[Charles, Pangeran Wales|Charles]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-30|title=Barbados becomes a republic and parts ways with the Queen|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59470843|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2021-12-01|archive-date=2021-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130120934/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59470843|dead-url=no}}</ref> sebagai perwakilan dari Ratu [[Elizabeth II dari Britania Raya|Elizabeth II]] dari [[Britania Raya]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Barbados declares itself a republic, honours pop queen Rihanna as national hero|url=https://yewtu.be/watch?v=BoLrZU5Nhzg|accessdate=2021-12-01|language=id|archive-date=2021-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201022315/https://yewtu.be/watch?v=BoLrZU5Nhzg|dead-url=no}}</ref> Meskipun statusnya telah berubah menjadi republik, Barbados tetap menjadi bagian dari [[Persemakmuran Bangsa-Bangsa]] (''Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations'').
