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He arrived in London today with his entourage.
The British empire is long gone. The last few countries that have the British monarch as head of state won't for much longer - but they will stay with the Commonwealth, as every other new republic has done. Prince Charles represented the queen as a guest of honour to celebrate with Barbados, the most recent to become a republic. .
When QE2 took the throne there were 8 countries in the Commonwealth. She made no secret, ever, of the fact that a huge part of her efforts and time were quietly devoted to it. When she died there were 56. The Commonwealth has 2.5 billion members. It's certainly not an empire, it is friendly countries interacting and meeting regularly and sharing the advantages of being linked - through the monarchy. The sun won't be setting on the Commonwealth any time soon.
As lifetime achievement awards go, not bad.
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