As of this week, the Queen is down to 15 thrones, after the royal standard was lowered in Barbados in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A presidential flag now flies there. Elizabeth II still remains, by some margin, the host with the most in terms of square miles per head of state.
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Robert Hardman writes for the Daily Mail. His new book, Queen of Our Times, is published in March
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