Under the plans, those with an OBE -Order of the British Empire – may choose to recieve an Order of British Excellence, ...

HMS Hood, the pride of the British Royal Navy, symbolized British imperial power during the interwar years. Designed under ...

Of the 193 countries in the world, Great Britain has conducted military ... or armed explorers. The British Empire is considered to have been the largest empire in history.

This week King Charles III will preside over a summit of 55 nations associated with the fraying ends of the British empire. Hosted by Samoa, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), a ...

Recently, King Charles addressed the topic during a visit to the South Pacific, where he spoke at the Commonwealth Heads of ...

or forced off cliffs while atop their ­elephants – and eventual dissolution by the British Raj in the following century. The ...

and rapidly become great powers. This was the case of Prussia, a former duchy that in the early 1700s emerged from the shadow of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire. Growing to encompass much of ...

This is the first history to grapple with the vast project of British imperial investigation in the years between the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the Great Reform Act ... Inquiring into Empire taps ...

World War I gave rise to a heated century-long debate about its causes. In Disputing Disaster, Perry Anderson surveys this ...

Nevertheless, these unprepossessing ruins, easily missed as you drive up the Red Sea coast, were the landing point for generations of Indian merchants travelling to the Roman Empire and were once ...

The Victorian Age was a time of transformation for India, and Pivot of Empire highlights the challenges facing any ruler of that great and diverse ... by the power of the British Parliament ...

Several figures have previously refused honours over the word empire, such as Alan Cumming ... many of whose member nations were once British colonies. The King and Sir Keir addressed the issue ...