... as an Empire by simply transferring more to the idea of the Commonwealth, in which her territories are united with the allegiance of the Crown. The primary example of this is the Statute of Westminster which effectively gave independence to the colonies and meant they had no bindings to the British Empire and any decisions it made. Section 4 of the Statute of Westminster expresses the freedoms in which British Empire had given, ... will not be the last." To add to this, the general declaration by Malcolm Macdonald in 1939 supports the basis that the self-governance process and gradual de...

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