The Commonwealth, an association of former British colonies, has faced criticism for its imperialist roots, and some countries still want independence from royal rule.

It rose from the ashes of the British Empire. The Commonwealth was created as a vehicle to preserve Britain’s global influence, a modern alternative to British colonialism.

The Commonwealth of Nations was born out of the slow disintegration of the British Empire, which covered a fifth of the world’s surface at its peak in the late 19th century.

The vast majority of the 56 countries of the Commonwealth were former territories of the British Empire. They include 14 other countries where the monarch is also head of state.

COMMONWEALTH (British Commonwealth of Nations) Four young men, brothers, comrades and coworkers, have a quaint avocation. One of them (not always the same one) is constantly being chosen to ...

The Commonwealth’s origins were devised at conferences held in the early 20th century by British Empire prime ministers in London. But numerous countries with no links to Britain are expressing an ...

The Conference adopted the title of the British Commonwealth of Nations to replace that of the British Empire, the reason being that the Dominions now consider themselves as individual nations.

Booklet promoting Scotland as a possible host nation for the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, with Edinburgh as the Games venue. Presented to a meeting of the Commonwealth Games Federation in Kingston ...

Yet, while Queen Elizabeth II, as an institution and an icon, reigned during the decline of the British empire, she also worked assiduously to develop the peaceful Commonwealth of Nations.