Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. justhavealook/Getty Images Queen Elizabeth’s passing was a major event that shook not just the United Kingdom, but the entire ...

Queen Elizabeth II during her Jubilee tour in Jamaica, a Commonwealth country, in February 2022.Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images The Commonwealth was born out of the British Empire, ...

The Caribbean island of Barbados will become the first British commonwealth country in nearly 30 years to declare itself a republic on its 55th anniversary Tuesday. The new title will remove Queen ...

Rwanda is the newest country in the 54-member Commonwealth and the host of this year’s meeting. The East African nation’s president, Paul Kagame, said his country became a member of the union to ...

The King met today with members of the monarchy’s Commonwealth. Currently, there are 56 independent nations, mostly former British colonies, that are loosely members of the Commonwealth. The 14 ...

The Commonwealth is a vestige of the far-flung British empire. As former imperial colonies began to clamor for independence from the Crown, the British government loosened the reins starting in the ...

King Charles III could see his power over the Commonwealth dwindle. Maps showing the countries that have ditched — and kept — the crown prove his energy is better spent elsewhere. Follow Samantha ...

By Dr Mohamed Z M Aazim, Adviser, Debt Management, Commonwealth Secretariat.

Leaders and representatives from across the Commonwealth are expected to come to London for the Coronation of King Charles III on 6 May. Some of these countries were previously in the British Empire, ...

Queen Elizabeth’s passing was a major event that shook not just the United Kingdom, but the entire world. Indeed, the royal monarch was an important symbolic figure in countries far and wide, due to ...