
Prince Charles, 69, has been approved as the head of Commonwealth at a meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting(CHOGM) at Windsor, a British TV channel reported on Friday.
On Thursday, Britan's queen Elizabeth II, 92, had said in a speech before Commonwealth leaders that she wanted her son Charles to carry on the work started by her father in 1949
“It is my sincere wish that the Commonwealth will continue to offer stability and continuity for future generations and will decide that one day the Prince of Wales should carry on the important work started by my father in 1949,” the Queen had said at the opening of the CHOGM at Buckingham Palace.
Last week Britain's opposition party had suggested that the position should be rotated by member states. The CHOGM currently a 53-member country grouping.
The role of the head of Commonwealth is not a hereditary position, Queen Elizabeth has been the head of the group since 1952 ever since she was crowned queen of Britain.
Britain's Sky News reported on Friday that the heads of Commonwealth currently in London have approved the queen's wish.