British Empire
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Having begun in 1930 as the British Empire Games, the Commonwealth Games face questions about their place and relevance in the modern world.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
In 2022, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire during Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, recognizing Tyler’s contributions to music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Nobody in the colonies liked the Stamp Tax, and protests broke out all around the British Empire, but Ms. Pearsall’s wider lens reveals that “protest did not lead inexorably to revolution.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Following the reaction to George Floyd's murder by a police officer in Minneapolis on 25 May 2020, universities launched investigations into their links with the slave trade and the British Empire.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
And Britain had declared a state of war throughout the vast British Empire.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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