How long will the Commonwealth survive? It’s a question that hasn’t aroused much attention in New Zealand, but – along with the whole relationship with the monarchy – it could become a major issue.
Commonwealth membership and the role of the monarch have a special importance for this country, because the Crown is at the centre of this country’s constitutional arrangements.
So we can’t say we haven‘t been warned when the headline on a feature in The Guardian in London asks:
After that disastrous royal tour, is the sun finally setting on the Commonwealth realms?
