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The Inquiry: What’s the future of the Commonwealth under King Charles III?

What’s the future of the Commonwealth under King Charles III?

06/10/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, What’s the future of the Commonwealth under King Charles III?

King Charles III now heads the Commonwealth, but will it thrive under his leadership?

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the new head of the Commonwealth of Nations is King Charles III. But will it prosper or diminish under his leadership?

In his first speech as King, Charles III said he would endeavour to serve his subjects, wherever they live “in the UK, the realms and territories across the world”. 

But following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, several realms – countries other than the UK that have the British Monarch as head of state – say they may become republics. Barbados became a republic in 2021. Antigua, Belize, Jamaica and Grenada may follow.  

King Charles III has also just become the elected head of the Commonwealth of Nations. But will any new republics leave because of its roots in Empire, or embrace an organisation that represents nearly a third of the people on Earth? 

This week on the Inquiry, we ask: what’s the future of the Commonwealth under King Charles III?

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier
Producer: Ravi Naik
Researcher: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty
Editor: Tara McDermott
Technical Producer: Richard Hannaford
Broadcast Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson

(Image:  Prince Charles, Prince of Wales speaks during the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Buckingham Palace in London on April 19, 2018. (Photo by DOMINIC LIPINSKI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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