Totally agree but the trouble is that the narrative that H&M and Scoobie et al are trying to push is that the Commonwealth is British Empire 2.0, thus bringing it into a modern day "Britain is evil" supposed relevance. That being said, there are countries lining up to become part of the Commonwealth, so it can't be that bad
https://www.republic.org.uk/the_commonwealth#:~:text=A Commonwealth of Republics&text=Membership is voluntary and a,the as yet unrecognized Somaliland.
The 2nd point is that the commonwealth is a voluntary arrangement, so it isn't like Chuck is sailing in on his galleon and pronouncing XYZ country as part of the Commonwealth. The ignorance is strong with Scoobie, Hawwy (King Henry's great great great great great grand... nothing) et al. But those who WANT to hear that narrative, well that sticks, unfortunately.
Also, there is a deafening silence regarding the other countries that did partake of empire building in a brutal and patronizing way (Spain, France, the Dutch, Italy, Portugal etc). Why are we not revisiting the Vikings and their Empire while we're at it. Or the Romans? They didn't exactly swan in with a bouquet of flowers and a box of bonbons and set up camp and roast marshmellows over a fire with the locals, did they. HAwwy et al are just focusing on this to grind a fabricated axe.