BBC7 年
Independence: Do Indians care about the British any more?
Getty Images British-era buildings still dominate some ... and - in Britain - called Inglorious Empire. He felt compelled to write it, he says, because of the "moral urgency of explaining to ...
BBC8 个月
British Empire Exhibition: The forgotten event that took the world to Wembley
Getty Images Visitors were able to take a trip ... 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 ...
BBC1 年
What role did the British Empire play in the war?
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 at the time was Queen Elizabeth ...