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Donald Trump suggests US could join British Commonwealth (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 38 points 16 hours ago

there are 56 members of the commonwealth of nations. of those, only 15 are commonwealth realms. the rest are republics or a different monarchy.

india was the first republic member when they transitioned from dominion (with british monarch as head of state) to a republic in 1950.

commonwealth members need only recognize king charles as the 'head of the commonwealth', which is a purely ceremonial position.