Britain’s economic prominence in the world went through great turmoil during the 20th ... been extraordinarily costly for Britain and her empire, and in 1945 the country was exhausted and ...

Great Britain, Germany ... Official portraits of Queen Mary and King George V in 1914. The British Empire was ruled by the Royal Family. It’s the same family that reigns today and the King ...

He examines a number of these sites around the British Empire, along with the governmental, military and commercial networks connecting them. Taking many shapes to capture the weather in different ...

By the time it closed, the British Empire Exhibition was reported to have lost £1.5m (the equivalent of £75m today). Compare that to the Great Exhibition of 1851 which had six million visitors ...

Britain's former colonies should be thanking this country for the legacy of Empire, not demanding reparations, Robert Jenrick has said. Writing in the Daily Mail, the Tory leadership contender ...

At the end of the 19th Century, when my great-grandfather, Sgt Patrick Hassett Sr, was patrolling in Cork, the British Empire was the most powerful the world had ever seen. It covered roughly 20% ...

Today, Britain is a medium-sized power in rapid decline. Back in the days of the Dreadnought-class, she was still the most ...

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