THE COMMONWEALTH

                                                        THE COMMONWEALTH:


The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth , is an intergovernmental organisation of 54 independent member states. Most are former British colonies, or dependencies of these colonies.
All members except Mozambique and Rwanda were part of the British Empire, out of which the Commonwealth developed.

The Commonwealth of Nations flag

Kamalesh Sharma is the Commonwealth Secretary-General, at Marlborough House in London.

  THE QUEEN AND THE COMMONWEALTH

The Queen is Sovereign of 15 Commonwealth realms in addition to the UK.
She is also Head of the Commonwealth itself. 








Find out more about the Commonwealth. 
Click here :http://www.royal.gov.uk/monarchandcommonwealth/overview.aspx

(6 June 2012) The Queen is attending a lunch to mark Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee 




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