Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen Elizabeth II during her Jubilee tour in Jamaica, a Commonwealth country, in February 2022.Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON — At its height, the British Empire’s rule oversaw 531 million people — over three continents spanning from North America ...

The death of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday has ended a 70-year reign that saw the fall of the British empire and the introduction of the Commonwealth of Nations.

The Commonwealth was born out of the British Empire, supposedly granting former colonies 'free and equal' status. But the association has faced criticism for its colonial roots, and some states have ...

This authoritative third volume, covering the years 1870-1919, completes the series of general histories of British overseas expansion and imperial policy. The five ...

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, an author and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Raised in London, Bergen has a ...

Britain is engulfed in a worldwide outpouring of love and admiration for Queen Elizabeth II but the challenges new King Charles faces have been bubbling under the surface for years. At the center is ...

Ambitious little ex-Cockney Herbert Morrison, Britain’s Socialist Home Secretary, rose to his feet last week to calm an uproar. His Prime Minister started the uproar two months ago with a statement on ...

The major discussion at the past week’s session of the Imperial Conference (of the Dominions, at London) was that of Imperial Preference. In 1907, when the first Imperial Conference took place, it was ...

THE Fourth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, meeting at Oxford under the presidency of Sir Henry Tizard, devoted July 13 to a discussion of the mineral resources of the Commonwealth and Empire ...

Queen Elizabeth II has led a meeting with the same international youth organization which Prince Harry and Meghan Markle used last year to trigger a debate about the British Empire. The 95-year-old ...

LONDON — More than 600 artifacts relating to the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth have been stolen from the collection of Bristol Museum, police said Thursday as they released images of ...