Royal Commonwealth Society

Royal Commonwealth Society https://www.royalcwsociety.org

Through youth empowerment, education and high-level advocacy, the Society champions the importance of literacy, equality and inclusion, the environment and connected communities across the Commonwealth's 56 member nations.

🎄✨ Tickets are now on sale! ✨🎄Join the Royal Commonwealth Society for a spectacular evening of music, friendship and cel...
05/10/2026

🎄✨ Tickets are now on sale! ✨🎄

Join the Royal Commonwealth Society for a spectacular evening of music, friendship and celebration at St George’s Hanover Square.

📅 Friday 4 December 2026

🕕 Doors 18:00 | Concert 18:45

🥂 Ch*****ne reception included

Hosted by Gyles Brandreth, the evening features an exceptional Commonwealth line-up including Joseph Calleja, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Spencer Klymyshyn and the London Community Gospel Choir, with festive readings from Geri Halliwell-Horner and DJ Cuppy.

✨ Come together with friends and supporters of the Commonwealth for a very special Christmas celebration.

🎟️ Tickets now available – book your place today! https://donorbox.org/events/967253/steps/choose_tickets

Final Panel Judging for The Queen's Commonwealth Writing Competition 2026 is complete! ✍️Today, an extraordinary panel o...
17/09/2026

Final Panel Judging for The Queen's Commonwealth Writing Competition 2026 is complete! ✍️

Today, an extraordinary panel of literary luminaries, cultural leaders and creative voices from across the Commonwealth came together, led by the Final Panel Chair, Sir Ben Okri OBE, to select this year's winning entries.

It is a landmark year for the competition: a record-breaking number of entries, and for the first time, winners recognised from each of the five regions of the Commonwealth before an overall winner is chosen from among them🌍

Thank you to every writer who entered, and to our panel of judges for the time, care and expertise they brought to the process.

Results will be announced later this year ⏰

Read more: https://www.royalcwsociety.org/post/inside-the-queens-commonwealth-writing-competition-2026-final-panel

Ben Okri Annie Garthwaite Writer Chetna Makan

🎄🎵 The 2026 Commonwealth Christmas Concert returns to St George's, Hanover Square on Friday 4 December.We are delighted ...
16/09/2026

🎄🎵 The 2026 Commonwealth Christmas Concert returns to St George's, Hanover Square on Friday 4 December.

We are delighted to be bringing together another exceptional line-up this year, with full details and performer announcements to follow in the coming weeks.

📍 St George's, Hanover Square, Mayfair
📅 Friday 4 December 2026, from 18:00

Register your interest via the link in bio to be among the first to know when tickets and the full programme are announced.

Meet the final panel of judges for The Queen's Commonwealth Writing Competition 2026 📚✨Tomorrow, our panel comes togethe...
16/09/2026

Meet the final panel of judges for The Queen's Commonwealth Writing Competition 2026 📚✨

Tomorrow, our panel comes together to read through this year's entries and select the very best young writers from across the Commonwealth 🌍🖋️

Results will be announced later this year! 👀

To every young writer who entered, thank you for sharing your voice and your story with us. Good luck 🏆

Ben Okri Annie Garthwaite Writer

The Royal Commonwealth Society, in partnership with the City of London Corporation and the Commonwealth Enterprise and I...
14/09/2026

The Royal Commonwealth Society, in partnership with the City of London Corporation and the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC), was pleased to host the 2026 High Commissioners' Banquet at Mansion House last week.🎉

The evening brought together High Commissioners, diplomats, civic leaders and business representatives from across the Commonwealth, with reflections from Sir Vivian Richards, Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Botchwey, Royal Commonwealth Society Chair Janet Cooper OBE, Lady Mayor of the City of London Dame Susan Langley and Lord Swire KCMG.

With CHOGM in Antigua and Barbuda now on the horizon this November, the shared commitment to collaboration and sustainable prosperity was felt throughout the night.🗺️⭐

📸 Photos from the evening are now available to view on our website. Link in bio.

CWEIC The Commonwealth

🌊 We are delighted to share the winners of the Commonwealth Youth Photography Competition 2026: Waves of Change! 📸This y...
10/09/2026

🌊 We are delighted to share the winners of the Commonwealth Youth Photography Competition 2026: Waves of Change! 📸

This year we received entries from 51 of our 56 member countries, judged first by our volunteer panel and then by a final panel of renowned Commonwealth photographers, filmmakers and ocean advocates🏆

The winning entries are on display today at the High Commissioners' Banquet, seen by diplomats, civic leaders, business representatives, athletes and supporters from across the Commonwealth🌍

✨ Full details on all five winners: link in bio.

The Commonwealth | The City of London Youth Natural Environment Board

A huge thank you to everyone who entered this year. 💙

This evening we are delighted to host the Royal Commonwealth Society High Commissioners' Banquet alongside the City of L...
10/09/2026

This evening we are delighted to host the Royal Commonwealth Society High Commissioners' Banquet alongside the City of London Corporation and the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, continuing a partnership that has proudly delivered this flagship Commonwealth gathering since 2016.

First hosted by the Royal Commonwealth Society in 1874, the Banquet is one of the oldest and most prestigious events in the Commonwealth calendar. For more than 150 years, it has brought together leaders from diplomacy, government, business, sport and civil society, welcoming members of the Royal Family, including Their Majesties The King and The Queen, The Late Queen Elizabeth II and The Late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, and showcasing the Royal Commonwealth Society's enduring convening power across the Commonwealth.

We look forward to welcoming High Commissioners, business leaders, athletes, friends and colleagues from across the Commonwealth, including representatives of the Commonwealth Games movement and those involved with Glasgow 2026.

We are honoured to be joined by keynote speakers Sir Vivian Richards and Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as we celebrate the connections, collaboration and opportunities that unite our Commonwealth family.

Commonwealth Sport | CWEIC | The Commonwealth

Just 1 day until we announce the winners of the Commonwealth Youth Photography Competition 📸, live at the High Commissio...
09/09/2026

Just 1 day until we announce the winners of the Commonwealth Youth Photography Competition 📸, live at the High Commissioners' Banquet! 🌊

Follow us to be the first to see the winning entries ✨

The Commonwealth | City of London Corporation Youth Natural Environment Board

Just 2 days until we announce the winners of the Commonwealth Youth Photography Competition 📸, live at the High Commissi...
08/09/2026

Just 2 days until we announce the winners of the Commonwealth Youth Photography Competition 📸, live at the High Commissioners' Banquet! 🌊

Follow us to be the first to see the winning entries ✨

The Commonwealth | City of London Corporation Youth Natural Environment Board

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society for seventy years, a constant and much loved...
08/09/2026

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society for seventy years, a constant and much loved presence across the Commonwealth family.

We are inviting our community to add to the Queen Elizabeth Digital Memorial, a living archive where people across the UK, the Commonwealth and beyond can share their own memories of her.

Here are some of the Royal Commonwealth Society's memories from moments shared with Her Late Majesty over the years: organising her 92nd birthday celebration at the Royal Albert Hall, our 100 year anniversary tea party at Marlborough House, Queen Elizabeth II meeting a winner of The Queen's Commonwealth Writing Competition at the 1989 CHOGM in Malaysia, and The Queen's Young Leaders visit in 2015.

Share your memory today: www.queenelizabeth.com

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