Will the death of Queen Elizabeth II mark an end with the old order for some Commonwealth nations?
The death of Queen Elizabeth II this week brought the reign of Britain’s longest-serving monarch to a close. Tributes have poured in for the 96-year-old queen from around the world, but her death has also thrust the Commonwealth into the spotlight.
“Throughout all of it, Her Majesty was a constant and positive force,” he wrote. “In fact, success would never have been achieved without the discreet, gentle and persuasive leadership of Her Majesty The Queen.” A voluntary association, the modern Commonwealth is open to any country, including those that do not have strong historic or linguistic links to the U.K. The most recent additions to the group, for example, are Francophone nations Gabon and Togo, which joined the Commonwealth in 2022. Former Portuguese colony Mozambique is also a member.
Earlier this year, the issue of republicanism made headlines during a royal tour of the Caribbean to mark the queen’s Platinum Jubilee. In an awkward televised meeting with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness told the royal couple of his desire for the country to become a republic. Jamaica, he explained, is “moving on” and wants to fulfill its “true ambitions as an independent, developed, prosperous country.
In a speech, Prince William spoke about his “profound sorry” over slavery, which he described as abhorrent and “forever stains our history.”
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