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Why India must leave the Commonwealth

In a sign of changing times, India has reportedly urged that the headship of the Commonwealth be rotated between its members. This suggestion has of course met with fierce resistance from the British. India has not pushed its case further and seems to have gracefully accepted that Charles, once he ascends the British throne, will automatically become the head of the Commonwealth.

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A spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex has, meanwhile, said that she is “saddened by this latest attack on her character… (and) is determined to continue her work of building compassion around the world.”

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That this brouhaha over a reel-life controversy comes simultaneously with a row over the real-life, famously ‘last-straw interview’ given by Princess Diana to the BBC’s Martin Bashir which the journalist has been accused of using fake bank statements and other misrepresentations to procure, is further grist to the mill.