> The various ".. of the British Empire" awards are still being issued annually.
Yes, but that is just not changing the names of the awards because people know what they are.
> the King remains "head of state" for Commonwealth nations, including Canada and Australia
He is separately head of state of each of those Commonwealth nations. That shows that those nations are no longer in any sense part of the empire and it places them at the same level as the UK in terms of their relationship to their monarch.
Its a legacy of empire, but not evidence of empire - rather the opposite.
Yes, but that is just not changing the names of the awards because people know what they are.
> the King remains "head of state" for Commonwealth nations, including Canada and Australia
He is separately head of state of each of those Commonwealth nations. That shows that those nations are no longer in any sense part of the empire and it places them at the same level as the UK in terms of their relationship to their monarch.
Its a legacy of empire, but not evidence of empire - rather the opposite.