What is Head of the Commonwealth?
{{Infobox Political post |post = Head |body = the Commonwealth |insignia = |insigniasize = |insigniacaption = |imagesize = 180px |image = File:Prince Charles in Aotearoa (cropped).jpg |incumbent = [[Charles III]] |incumbentsince = 8 September 2022 |termlength = Life |seat = [[Marlborough House]], [[London]] |appointer = [[Commonwealth heads of government]] |formation = {{Start date and age|1949|04|28|df=yes}} |inaugural = [[George VI]] |website = [http://www.thecommonwealth.org thecommonwealth.org] }} The '''head of the Commonwealth''' is the [[Monarch|ceremonial leader]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], an [[intergovernmental organisation]] that is made up of [[Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations|56 sovereign states]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About the commonwealth|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-office|website=www.gov.uk|publisher=The Foreign and Commonwealth office, UK|access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref> ==Background== In 1949, King [[George VI]] was king of each of the countries that then made-up the British Commonwealth (later the Commonwealth of Nations): the [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]], [[Dominion of India|India]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]], and [[Dominion of Ceylon|Ceylon]]. The [[London Declaration]], which was made in late April 1949,<ref name=declaration>{{citation| url=http://www.thecommonwealth.org/files/214257/FileName/TheLondonDeclaration1949.pdf| title=London Declaration 1949| publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat| access-date=2 April 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927031216/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/files/214257/FileName/TheLondonDeclaration1949.pdf| archive-date=27 September 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=The London Declaration of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers, April 28, 1949|author=S. A. de Smith| journal=The Modern Law R