The sun has literally set on the British Empire
The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the phrase have been used for more than 200 years to describe the ...
How the sun will set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years
The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...
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The British Empire: An overview
The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...
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Only a fifth of UK voters 'ashamed' of British Empire
Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...