Mr. Fletcher further asked if it was appreciated that the words ‘the British Empire’ were held in high respect by many throughout the Empire and would the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) see that by daily use they were not pushed out of the picture? Mr. Attlee replied that “opinions are different in different parts of the Commonwealth and Empire and it is better to allow people to use what they like best;” that is to say, he said that there had been no official change in the description or the designation of this group of nations, called “the Commonwealth of Nations.”
