Newsweek: How the Queen’s Modern Commonwealth Compared to the Former British Empire
The death of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday has ended a 70-year reign that saw the fall of the British empire and the introduction of the Commonwealth of Nations.
National Geographic news: How the Commonwealth arose from a crumbling British Empire
THE British Commonwealth of Nations is in another period of transition, marked by two developments. In the first place, the Dominions have now become virtually independent nation-states. Secondly, the ...
New Republic: The Time Is Ripe for Commonwealth Countries to Ditch the British Monarchy
The Time Is Ripe for Commonwealth Countries to Ditch the British Monarchy
Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London On July 23 the Queen will open the 2014 Commonwealth ...
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