Commonwealth of Nations

She oversaw her nation trying to carve out a new place in the world, and she was instrumental in the emergence of the Commonwealth of Nations, now a grouping comprising 56 countries.

As his mother’s casket journeyed to Edinburgh, Charles met with the secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations, the association of former British colonies, and later held a reception for ambassadors from those nations.

A special link to Britain endured through the Commonwealth of Nations, which the Queen led.

Born in the age of empire, before the creation of the Commonwealth of Nations, she was the first British monarch to send an email — in 1976 — or a tweet.

And so, as Queen Elizabeth celebrates her Platinum Jubilee, I, an African, Nigerian, citizen of a former British colony, citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, rejoice with her.