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Think might skip it? >> there are some who will be attending. i have seen the list. i know the jamaican president, trinidad tobago, south africa. so there is a difficulty. there is one thing which is, people did respect the queen. and people did respect her power and her authority. and she was a consistent figure for 70. years that is a long time. but people also know and understand, not necessarily some people within the uk who kind of prefer to not look at these things, but certainly people in commonwealth countries, know and understand the institution of the monarchy. what it has stood for....

A difficult colonial history shared by 52 of the 56 current members of the Commonwealth was deftly obfuscated by pomp and circumstance. With the Queen’s passing, tensions may now bubble to the surface.

From different commonwealth countries, who will be taking part in the state funeral. a solemn day which will mark the end of a long reign. nicholas witchell, bbc news. people have been owfi own ways to pay respects. we are in wappenham in northamptonshire. not far to go. and i was being led by david and annette wilson... yeah, we are actually in the flag as we speak, yes. ..to a royal location. let's go this way anyway. we're nearly to the end, yes, we're getting there. so, this is the point? this is it. i...can't see the flag. we are actually in the flag. we are in the flag, yes. we're in the...

I mean, it is quite mixed. and it ranges on a big spectrum. king charles is now the monarch of 14 of the 56 commonwealth countries, which are mostly british colonies. the prime minister of antigua and barbuda said the caribbean country will hold a referendum the next few years on whether to become a republic and remove king charles as their head of state. bar barbados severed its links to britain last year by declaring itself a republic. there are major debates in other parts of the caribbean about the monarchy's continued role in countries like the bahamas, like belize, like jamaica as well, ...