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The Queen in Ghana in 1961 MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH There are 53 member countries of the Commonwealth. These are listed below, with the years in which they joined the Commonwealth. Also listed is their constitutional status. ‘Realm’ indicates a Commonwealth country which retained a monarchical constitution, recognising The Queen as Sovereign, while ‘monarchy’ indicates an indigenous monarchical constitution. Nauru is a Special Member which does not attend meetings of Commonwealth Heads of Government. Since membership of the Commonwealth is entirely voluntary, any member can withdraw at any time. The Republic of Ireland did so in 1949, as did Zimbabwe in 2003. |
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The largest member of the Commonwealth is Canada, at nearly 10 million square kilometres.
The Queen Commonwealth visits |
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