There had been little debate on the monarchy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines before Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves initiated in 2002, the year of Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee, a republican movement against what he deemed to be "the remnants of colonialism," eventuating in a constitutional referendum in 2009, just days before the Queen was in the Caribbean for a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Terdapat perdebatan kecil tentang monarki Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sebelum Perdana Menteri Ralph Gonsalves dilantik pada 2002, tahun Jubilee Emas Ratu Elizabeth, sebuah gerakan republikan menentang apa yang ia anggap "sisa-sisa kolonialisme", yang berujung pada referendum konstitusional pada 2009, beberapa hari sebelum Ratu datang ke Caribbean untuk Pertemuan Kepala Negara Persemakmuran.