[2] British rule ended in 1957, when the Ghana Independence Act 1957 transformed the British Crown Colony of the Gold Coast into the independent sovereign state of Ghana, with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state on 6 March 1957.

[3] On 6 March, the Duchess formally opened the first parliament of independent Ghana, on behalf of the Queen, by giving the Speech from the Throne.

My thoughts are with you on this great day as you take up the full responsibilities of independent nationhood and I rejoice to welcome another new member of our growing Commonwealth family of nations.

May God bless you all.Ghana was one of the realms of the Commonwealth of Nations that shared the same person as Sovereign and head of state.

[6] Two governors-general held office: Charles Noble Arden-Clarke (1957), and William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (1957–1960).

[9][10][11] Every Ghanaian Bill presented to the Governor-General, had the following words of enactment:[12] Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly of Ghana in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows—The Governor-General was also responsible for summoning, proroguing, and dissolving Parliament.

[29] During her 1961 tour, the Queen famously danced with Ghana's president Kwame Nkrumah at a farewell ball in Accra, which many scholars believe was a symbolic moment in the history of the Commonwealth.

[31] A dramatised version of this visit was portrayed in the episode "Dear Mrs Kennedy" in the second season of the Netflix series The Crown.