APIA, Samoa — King Charles III landed in Samoa Wednesday to join his first Commonwealth summit as monarch, hoping to breathe new life into a bloc seen by critics as 'a leftover of empire.'
APIA, Samoa — King Charles III landed in Samoa Wednesday to join his first Commonwealth summit as monarch, hoping to breathe new life into a bloc seen by critics as 'a leftover of empire.' Charles arrived in the coastal capital of Apia — halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii — after a six-day visit to Australia that was slimmed down following his cancer diagnosis earlier this year.
''Sheer brain power'While some critics question the relevance of the Commonwealth in a post-colonial era and say it is 'a leftover of empire,' Scotland said this was far from true.The last two countries to join the Commonwealth in 2022 — Gabon and Togo — were former French colonies.King Charles, who leads the Commonwealth, said in Canberra on Monday that the bloc played a 'significant role' on the world stage.
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