Baroness Scotland and HM Queen Elizabeth II – Picture by Press Association.
The Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal was received by the Head of the Commonwealth, HM Queen Elizabeth II, at Buckingham Palace on May 4th , after having taken office on 1 April 2016 as Commonwealth Secretary-General. The former was nominated by her native Caribbean Commonwealth of Dominica yet she is also a British subject.
Patricia Scotland is the sixth Commonwealth Secretary-General but the first woman to take up this post. Queen Elizabeth II is Head of the Commonwealth, a voluntary association of 53 independent countries mostly former dominions, colonies and territories of the erstwhile British Empire. As Head, Her Majesty personally reinforces the links by which the Commonwealth joins people together from around the world.
For more information:
The Commonwealth: http://thecommonwealth.org
