He was a king who viewed the empire through the prism of his stamp collection. Of the 56 countries that made up the British Empire 100 years ago, its sovereign King George V visited just one of them.

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen ... and its former colonies were given to other European countries through the Treaty of Versailles. In the mid-1900s, Britain’s situation ...

MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. The Russian government has added 11 British Overseas Territories to its unfriendly countries list, the Russian Cabinet's website said on Sunday. "Eleven more British ...