This aside follows the word Commonwealth from the interregnum to Britain's later post-imperial association. Proposals for such a framework appeared in the 1880s and 1890s as the dominions moved toward practical independence. Its appeal lay in cooperation among increasingly autonomous members instead of enforced imperial control. The suggestion that Churchill or the Queen may have appreciated the Cromwellian echo remains playful speculation, while the institutional shift is the substantive point.
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Why Britain reused the name Commonwealth
The later Commonwealth reused an interregnum name as dominions moved toward practical independence and a looser relationship with Britain.