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30 - History
University of Reading
Monarchy and the end of empire: the House of Windsor, the British government and the post-war Commonwealth.
This 120,000 word monograph is the first historical study to examine the triangular relationship between the Palace, the British government and the modern Commonwealth since 1945. It has two principal areas of focus: the monarch's role as sovereign of the 'Commonwealth Realms', and her position as 'Head of the Commonwealth'. It is the culmination of over a decade's work, and incorporates archival material from collections that include the British and Irish National Archives, the Churchill College Archives and the archives of the Commonwealth Secretariat. It also draws on an extremely wide range of secondary literature from across the Commonwealth.
