Britain sees the Commonwealth as its trading empire. It is sadly deluded | Ian Jack

Nearly every Commonwealth country opposed Brexit. Leavers are wrong to hope old imperial patterns will replace EU tradeEarly April, 2018. In Brisbane a cheeky radio interviewer asks Prince Charles if he really does carry a personal lavatory seat on his travels, and the prince replies, “Oh, don’t believe all that crap.” Elsewhere in the Queensland capital, India win gold in the women’s weightlifting and lose to Cameroon in the men’s basketball. At Buckingham Palace,