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.

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 ...

Belize remains one of 14 Commonwealth realms that recognise King Charles as Head of State, despite gaining independence from Britain in 1981.

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 ...

In this video, the King, 75, and Queen, 77, have arrived in the country for a historic first tour to one of the foreign realms that have Charles as monarch and head of state. Their plane touched ...

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 ...

Home Digest speed read Some parts of King Charles III's realm are already moving to replace him with their own head of state Newsletter sign up By Peter Weber, The Week US published September 12, 2022 ...