In addition to the U.K., there are 14 Commonwealth Realms around the world. These countries, which include Canada, Australia and Jamaica, consider the British monarch as their head of state.

In addition to being sovereign of the United Kingdom and 15 Commonwealth realms, Charles is also the head of the Commonwealth, a voluntary association of 54 independent countries.

One Commonwealth realm, however, also announced its intention to hold a referendum on whether to remove the British monarch as its head of state. “This is not an act of hostility, or any ...

The forthcoming visit to Australia will be the 75-year-old British monarch’s first trip to a Commonwealth realm since he ascended the throne.

King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive for their royal tour of Australia on Friday, Oct. 18. From Australia, the two will visit Samoa as part of the King and Queen's first tour of a Commonwealth ...

Belize, which borders Guatemala, Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, became a British colony in 1862 and achieved independence in 1981. It continued, however, as one of the remaining Commonwealth realms ...

It was days before Charles III was to be coronated in a pageantry-laden, millennium-old ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London. Some 4,700 miles away in Jamaica, one of 15 realms he nominally ...

On Oct. 18, King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in Sydney to kick off the nine-day trip which is significant, as it marks both their first tour of a Commonwealth realm of his reign and their ...

There was much surprise when his first overseas tours as monarch were announced as France and Germany. Those were followed by travel to Kenya, which is a Commonwealth member but not a realm.

Charles and Camilla will visit Australia and Samoa, where Their Majesties will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024 in Samoa. While the visit will be the king’s first ...