

This was accommodated by the creation of the title Head of the Commonwealth for the King and India became a republic in 1950. India, however, desired to become a republic, but not to leave the Commonwealth by doing so. īy 1949, the British Commonwealth was a group of eight countries, each having King George VI as monarch.

The position is currently held by King Charles III. There is no set term of office or term limit and the role itself involves no part in the day-to-day governance of any of the member states within the Commonwealth. The head of the Commonwealth is the ceremonial leader who symbolises "the free association of independent member nations" of the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation that currently comprises 56 sovereign states.
