Editing Commonwealth realm (section)

===Second Elizabethan era===
{{anchor|From Queen Elizabeth II's accession}}
[[File:British Empire in February 1952.svg|thumb|Commonwealth realms at the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's reign<br />{{legend|#ff0000|United Kingdom}}
{{legend|#800000|Colonies, protectorates and mandates}}
{{legend|#ff80c0|Dominions/realms}}]]

[[File:2023-05-06 Coronation JPP-2058 (52876939324).jpg|thumb|The [[Gold State Coach]] flanked by representatives of the armed forces of the realms during the Coronation Procession of [[King Charles III]], 2023<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506151626/https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/05/the-army-ready-for-its-role-in-the-coronation-procession/|archive-date=6 May 2023|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/05/the-army-ready-for-its-role-in-the-coronation-procession/|title=The Army ready for its role in the Coronation Procession|date=6 May 2023|work=The British Army}}</ref>]]

The Commonwealth's prime ministers discussed the matter of the new monarch's title, with St. Laurent stating at the [[1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference]] that it was important to agree on a format that would "emphasise the fact that the Queen is Queen of Canada, regardless of her sovereignty over other Commonwealth countries."<ref name=HCUK/> The result was a new ''[[Royal Style and Titles Act]]'' being passed in each of the seven realms then existing (excluding [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]), which all identically gave formal recognition to the separateness and equality of the countries involved, and replaced the phrase "British Dominions Beyond the Seas" with "Her Other Realms and Territories", the latter using the word ''realm'' in place of ''dominion''. Further, at her coronation, Elizabeth II's oath contained a provision requiring her to promise to govern according to the rules and customs of the realms, naming each one separately.

The change in perspective was summed up by [[Patrick Gordon Walker]]'s statement in the [[British House of Commons]]: "We in this country have to abandon... any sense of property in the Crown. The Queen, now, clearly, explicitly and according to title, belongs equally to all her realms and to the Commonwealth as a whole."<ref name="Bogdanor"/> In the same period, Walker also suggested to the British parliament that the Queen should annually spend an equal amount of time in each of her realms. [[John Grigg|Lord Altrincham]], who in 1957 criticised Queen Elizabeth II for having a [[Court (royal)|court]] that encompassed mostly Britain and not the Commonwealth as a whole,<ref>{{cite book |last=Pimlott |first=Ben |authorlink=Ben Pimlott |url=https://archive.org/details/queenelizabethii0000piml_c9b6/page/280/mode/2up |title=The Queen |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-00-711436-8 |location=New York |page=280 |url-access=registration}}</ref> was in favour of the idea, but it did not attract wide support.<ref>{{Harvnb|Boyce|2008|pp=9–10}}</ref> Another thought raised was that viceregal appointments should become trans-Commonwealth; the governor-general of Australia would be someone from South Africa, the governor-general of Ceylon would come from New Zealand, and so on. The prime ministers of Canada and Australia, [[John Diefenbaker]] and [[Robert Menzies]], respectively, were sympathetic to the concept, but, again, it was never put into practice.<ref>{{Harvnb| Boyce| 2008| p=11}}</ref>

On 6 July 2010, Elizabeth II addressed the United Nations in New York City as queen of 16 Commonwealth realms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Speechesandarticles/2010/AddresstotheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly6July2010.aspx |publisher=Royal Household |title=Address to the United Nations General Assembly |date=6 July 2010 |access-date=6 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711003016/http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Speechesandarticles/2010/AddresstotheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly6July2010.aspx |archive-date=11 July 2010 }}</ref> The following year, [[Portia Simpson-Miller]], the [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]], spoke of a desire to make that country a republic,<ref>{{cite news|title=Jamaica plans to become a republic|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=702384&vId=|access-date=31 December 2011|newspaper=Sky News Australia|date=31 December 2011|archive-date=12 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112093955/http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=702384&vId=|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jamaica to break links with Queen, says Prime Minister Simpson Miller|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16449969|access-date=8 January 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=6 January 2012}}</ref> while [[Alex Salmond]], the [[First Minister of Scotland]] and leader of the [[Scottish National Party]] (which favours [[Scottish independence]]), stated an independent Scotland "would still share a monarchy with&nbsp;... the UK, just as&nbsp;... 16 other{{sic}} Commonwealth countries do now."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snp.org/blog/post/2012/feb/scottish-independence-good-england |last=Salmond |first=Alex |authorlink=Alex Salmond |title=Scottish independence "good" for England |publisher=Scottish National Party |access-date=16 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216021559/http://www.snp.org/blog/post/2012/feb/scottish-independence-good-england |archive-date=16 February 2012 }}</ref> [[Dennis Canavan]], leader of [[Yes Scotland]], disagreed and said a separate, post-independence referendum should be held on the matter.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-independence-call-for-vote-on-monarchy-1-3018623| last=Barnes| first=Eddie| title=Scottish independence: Call for vote on monarchy| date=29 July 2013| newspaper=The Scotsman| access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref>

Following the [[Perth Agreement]] of 2011, the Commonwealth realms, in accordance with convention, together engaged in a process of amending the common line of succession according to each country's constitution, to ensure the order would continue to be identical in every realm. In legislative debates in the United Kingdom, the term ''Commonwealth realm'' was employed, but, it remained unused in any law.<ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |chapter-url = https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130122/debtext/130122-0001.htm |title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 22 Jan 2013 (pt 0001)| house=House of Commons| date=22 January 2013| column-188| speaker=Chloe Smith| position=Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office}}</ref><ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |chapter-url = https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130122/debtext/130122-0002.htm#column_211|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 22 Jan 2013 (pt 0001)| house=House of Commons|date=22 January 2013| column=211| speaker=[[Nick Clegg]]|position=Deputy Prime Minister}}</ref>