NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Matthew J. Smith, director of the Center for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London, about the commonwealth's complicated history.

The Commonwealth Today. The Commonwealth is now a voluntary association of 54 countries, nearly all of which were formerly under British rule (Rwanda and Mozambique, which joined in 2009 and 1995 ...

The British Commonwealth, created in 1926, is made up of 56 countries, including Australia and Canada, most of which were originally British colonies.

What is the Commonwealth? The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of countries around the world that were once part of the British Empire. The goal of the association, according to its website ...

In the eyes of most British policymakers, Britain’s international influence still rests 1) on leadership of the Commonwealth, with its 630 million diverse people, and 2) on Britain’s special ...

British Commonwealth. November 1946 Issue. Share. Save. ON THE WORLD TODAY. JOHN BULL, that master of political paradox who takes a Socialist-Labor Government and a House of Lords in his stride ...

As the twelve leaders of the British Commonwealth gathered last week in London from all parts of the world, only one question obsessed editorialists and statesmen: Would they, or would they not, ...

During Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign, she saw the rapid decline of the British Empire and was monarch to 15 of the 56 member states of the Commonwealth.

FILE – A man waves a British union flag and a flag bearing the image of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II ahead of the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London, Monday, March ...

The Origins of the Commonwealth ‘Commonwealth’ is a word being heard with increasing frequency in the post-Brexit era. It had always been used to refer to the British Empire – first to ...

The Commonwealth incorporates 53 former territories of the British Empire, many of which were created or carved up by colonial rulers before withdrawals that spawned numerous wars.

London - The death of Queen Elizabeth II has revived the debate about the future and unity of the British Commonwealth, a group of 15 independent countries that recognized the queen — and now ...