It remains, in some form, on the statute books in 42 Commonwealth, or former Commonwealth, countries, including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In March 2014, the remains of 20 Commonwealth and 30 German soldiers were discovered in Vendin-le-Vieil, France with the Commonwealth soldiers being subsequently reburied at Loos British Cemetery.
Within the EU, Britain's trade with the Commonwealth is flourishing as we have access to the EU's free trade deals with 19 Commonwealth countries, and many more are in the pipeline.
40 commonwealth properties to be sold with $22.5m in savings.
In 42 of the 53 Commonwealth countries, it is a crime to be gay.
Peter Tatchell, a gay rights campaigner, said last week that 40 Commonwealth countries still criminalise homosexuality.
At a meeting of 53 Commonwealth countries in November, Cameron urged leaders to toughen their approach to the Maldives over the "unacceptable" actions of its government.
About 15 commonwealth agencies are engaging in industrial action, or about to embark on it, after the breakdown of wage negotiations with employment minister Eric Abetz.
The ceremony was watched by a stadium audience of 40,000 and an estimated 1 billion television viewers in 71 Commonwealth nations and territories.
Prejudice, discrimination, hate crime and legal victimisation against LBGTI people is widespread and draconian in 4 out of 5 Commonwealth countries.
It was an act that flew in the face of anti-homosexual legislation in 42 out of the 53 Commonwealth countries represented at the games.
