Head of the Commonwealth
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The head of the Commonwealth is the ceremonial leader who symbolises "the free association of independent member nations" of the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation that current
King Charles III
The Commonwealth prime ministers with King George VI at Buckingham Palace for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, 1949
Queen Elizabeth II with the prime ministers of the Commonwealth, including Kwame Nkrumah (third from right), at Windsor Castle, May 1960
Elizabeth II's Canadian style and title, which included Head of the Commonwealth, on the royal proclamation of the National Flag of Canada, 1965
Elizabeth II
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Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the mo
Head of the Commonwealth
…by the creation of the title Head of the Commonwealth for the King and India became a republic in 1950. Subsequently, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, other nations, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Ghana, and Singapore, also became republics, but, as members of the Commonwealth, recognised her as the…
Formal portrait, 1959
On the cover of Time, April 1929
Portrait by Philip de László, 1933
In Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945