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The Queen as the Head of the Commonwealth is a symbol well known throughout the world. The Commonwealth logo, by contrast, is one of the most obscure. Unlike the five rings of the Olympic Games which people instantly recognise, those who are shown the Commonwealth logo invariably fail to identify it.
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See McIntyre, ‘Britain and the Creation of the Commonwealth Secretariat’, JICH (2000) 28(1): 138–9.
D. A. Low, ‘Commonwealth Policy Studies: Is there a case for a centre?’. Round Table (1988), 308: 309.
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McIntyre, W.D. (2001). The Logo, the Venue and the Argot. In: A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403900951_9
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