Great Britain - The Mighty Conquerors
At it's height, The British Empire ruled over a quarter of the world's population.
Besides economic exploitation, The colonisation involved human rights abuses and massacres that would be unacceptable today.
Britain retains sovereignty over 14 territories outside the British Isles.
Fifteen Commonwealth realms voluntarily continue to share the British monarch, King Charles III, as their head of state.
These fifteen nations are distinct and equal legal entities – United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
Besides economic exploitation, The colonisation involved human rights abuses and massacres that would be unacceptable today.
Britain retains sovereignty over 14 territories outside the British Isles.
Fifteen Commonwealth realms voluntarily continue to share the British monarch, King Charles III, as their head of state.
These fifteen nations are distinct and equal legal entities – United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
