The latest addition to the historic suite of symbols, made of silver and ... Grace of God of the Britains and her other realms Queen, Head of the Commonwealth of Nations, Defender of the Faith.' ...

The seventh realm, India ... the Crown as “the symbol of the free association of its independent member nations, and as such, the Head of the Commonwealth.*” Over all of the realms, Elizabeth ...

These are known as the Commonwealth realms. They are distinct from the ... as their sovereign gave them a visible and nonpartisan symbol of national unity and constitutional continuity.