and India — where nearly all the countries share a history of being ruled by the British Empire as a territory or colony. While most of these commonwealth countries are independent from the ...

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...

There was a time when, to use the old adage, the sun did not set on the British Empire. It certainly didn ... and 14 British Overseas Territories (BOTs) – each of them with an element of ...

Immigrants made efforts to fit into British society ... control of foreign territories so that trade and economic activity could prosper. How Britain gained an empire - religion and ideas ...

The formation of the United States of the Ionian Islands under British rule in Greece is a little known period of the country ...

By Gwynne Dyer - With the sole exception of the 50 people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British Empire) liquidated its holdings in the Pacific Ocean long ago.

The contribution of hundreds of mostly black servicemen had gone unrecognised until now. The artefact was acquired in 1923 by Pitt Rivers Museum - where it has never been displayed. Some of the ...

The British Minister for the Overseas Territories and elected Leaders and Representatives of the UK Overseas Territories, met as the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) on 19 to 21 November 2024 in ...