Think carefully: this is a trick question. Almost all of them are, of course. But you would not necessarily think so, as we Britons have rather come to see the Commonwealth as something "over there", of which we are not really a part.
Yet it remains an example of how it is possible to develop relationships between peoples of widely differing wealth, cultures, faith and politics and hold these together, however loosely, by common ties and commitments to greater equality.
For many young Britons, the Commonwealth is a connecting web to their personal heritage and family roots across what was once "The British Empire" and from which we, on these shores, have received such a vibrant, multicultural legacy and not just steel bands and samosas.
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