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 ...

The landmark biography also states that Queen Elizabeth was ‘quite ... The related British Empire Medal would also be reformed under the plans now under discussion. A number of Commonwealth ...

After more than seven decades in service of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth has died ... overseeing the dissolution of the British Empire and the emergence of the U.K ...