Antigua and Barbuda is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm. Queen Elizabeth II has been the reigning monarch since independence on 1 November 1981. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Commonwealth Realms, shown in pink A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states of the Commonwealth of Nations that separately recognise Queen Elizabeth II as their monarch. ... Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Under the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda, the Queen's powers are delegated to the Governor-General, who is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. In all matters relating to Antigua and Barbuda, the Queen acts solely on the advice of her Antiguan ministers. Governor-General (or Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form. ...

In Antigua and Barbuda, the Queen's official title is: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Antigua and Barbuda and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. In common practice, Queen Elizabeth II is referred to simply as "The Queen".