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 ...

At the outset of the First World War, the British Empire comprised 400 million people and its territorial arsenal was so vast that the sun never set on it. Since the end of the Second World War ...

Of course, they all know their fulminations to be spurious blather, but it shows that Empire posturing is still de rigueur in ...