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    A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state that has Charles III as its monarch and head of state. All the realms are equal with and independent of the...
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    1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant...
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    (2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. ISSN 0006-3568...
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  • than King. The term may commonly be used to describe any of the "Commonwealth realms", which are kingdoms in their own right and share the same person...
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    and equal". The head of the Commonwealth is Charles III. He is king of 15 member states, known as the Commonwealth realms, while 36 other members are...
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    Kingdom or other Commonwealth states. Currently, fifteen of the member states are Commonwealth realms, with the Head of the Commonwealth as their heads...
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  • awards by most Commonwealth realms into the 1990s. Since then, though former imperial honours are still awarded by certain Commonwealth realms, many of them...
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    one state. Commonwealth realm refers to any member state of the Commonwealth of Nations whose head of state is King Charles III. Each realm is separate...
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    protectorate was ended: Nyasaland became an independent country as a Commonwealth realm under Prime Minister Hastings Banda, and was renamed Malawi. Two years...
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    of state as the Queen of Nigeria, as well as other dominions and commonwealth realms. Her constitutional roles in Nigeria were exercisable by the Governor-General...
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    the Commonwealth of Nations, finalised in 1949, the dominions became independent states, either as Commonwealth republics or Commonwealth realms. In 1925...
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  • official name of the country. The Bahamas, a Commonwealth realm, has used the official style Commonwealth of The Bahamas since its independence in 1973...
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    was formed on 23 February 1970 when Guyana became a republic in the Commonwealth. Following the abolition of the monarchy, former Governor-General Sir...
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    Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III. Camilla was raised in East Sussex...
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    represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas...
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    The Commonwealth realm of Kenya was a short-lived sovereign state between 12 December 1963 and 12 December 1964 whose head of state was Queen Elizabeth...
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    first three years after independence, from 1957 to 1960, Ghana was a Commonwealth realm with a Westminster system of government and Elizabeth II, the British...
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    Uganda became an independent sovereign state on 9 October 1962. As a Commonwealth realm, the British monarch, Elizabeth II, remained head of state as Queen...
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  • executive council (in most other Commonwealth realms and the Australian states and Canadian provinces). In those realms and dependencies where the sovereign's...
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  • citizen of a Commonwealth realm). There is no law in the UK preventing foreigners from holding a peerage (e.g., Newburgh), though only Commonwealth and Irish...
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    the Commonwealth, the King is not the head of state of the republican members. The King is however, the reigning monarch in the Commonwealth realms. The...
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    Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Ceylon and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. In her coronation oath, Queen Elizabeth II promised...
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    14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. Charles was born in Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal...
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  • Orders of Commonwealth countries. Awards are listed by order of wear. Order of the National Hero Order of the Nation Order of Merit Order of Princely Heritage...
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    Mauritius, as well as being Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch's constitutional roles in Mauritius were mostly delegated...
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    Saint Kitts and Nevis (category Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations)
    well as the world's smallest sovereign federation. The country is a Commonwealth realm, with Charles III as King and head of state. The capital city is Basseterre...
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    Fyle 2006, p. XXIII. "Commonwealth Tours: 1960s". British Pathé. Retrieved 20 November 2017. "Sierra Leone". The Commonwealth. Retrieved 20 November...
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  • constitutional near-absolute of the supremacy of Parliament. In the Commonwealth realms, this draws on the constitutional statutes at the time of the Glorious...
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    the sovereign, to countries such as the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Lesotho, Malaysia...
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    Sir or Dame. Honorary appointees who later become a citizen of a Commonwealth realm can convert their appointment from honorary to substantive, then enjoy...
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