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Analysis: what is the Commonwealth?

Video. Analysis: what is the Commonwealth?

Updated: 19/04/2018 - 20:41 GMT+2

With a total population of 2.4 billion people from 53 states, we take a closer look at the Commonwealth, an organisation critics describe as the British Empire 2.0.

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