The Olympian made a statement about the "legacy of colonialism" with many Commonwealth countries as he and some friends flew the Progress Pride flag at Thursday's opening ceremony Tom Daley ...

Donald Trump stands in front of the U.S. and British flags during a press conference with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the White House in Washington D.C. on February 27, 2025.

Eswatini has competed in 13 Commonwealth Games – but you might not know it. Prior to 2018 it was known as Swaziland and has won four medals, its last for boxer Simanga Shiba in 2006.

ROLE: Queen Elizabeth makes a speech in front of flags that make up the Commonwealth countries (Pic: Getty) PROSPERITY, DEMOCRACY and peace were just some of the words first used as the ...

Elsewhere in Commonwealth countries in the Pacific, such as Australia, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands, flags are being flown at half-mast to pay tribute to the monarch, The Guardian reported.

Most of the Commonwealth's 56 member nations are former colonies the British Empire. In those countries, the coronation is an occasion to recall colonialism’s painful and bloody past.

On July 28, the 2022 Commonwealth Games officially opened in Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is the 22nd edition of the competition. This is the third time that England has hosted the Commonwealth ...

Barbados was the most recent Commonwealth country to remove the British monarch as its head of state, replacing Charles’ mother, Queen Elizabeth II, with an elected president in 2021.