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This country shall remain forever the home of the descendants of those people who came here in peace in order to establish in the South Seas an outpost of the British race.
- John Curtin, Australian Prime Minister 🇦🇺
Australians have had their first chance to meet Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla. After they attended a church service today at St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney The King and Queen met parishioners, children and members of the public.
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In 1833, Britain used 40% of its national budget to buy freedom for all slaves in the Empire. Britain borrowed such a large sum of money for the Abolition Act that it wasn’t paid off until 2015. That means living British citizens helped pay for the ending of the slave trade. 🇬🇧
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During her first televised Christmas message in 1957, Queen Elizabeth II reminded her subjects not to throw away the 'ageless ideals' and 'fundamental principles which guided the men and women who built the greatness of this country and Commonwealth' 🇬🇧
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In 1833, Britain used 40% of its national budget to buy freedom for all slaves in the Empire. Britain borrowed such a large sum of money for the Abolition Act that it wasn’t paid off until 2015. That means living British citizens helped pay for the ending of the slave trade. 🇬🇧
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Zulu is a 1964 British film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army & the Zulus on 22/23 Jan 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War. It shows how 150 British soldiers, 30 of whom were sick & wounded patients, successfully held off a force of 4,000 Zulu warriors 🇬🇧
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American TV Host Tucker Carlson on the British Empire 🇬🇧
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British nurses praying for their patients before the start of a shift - Leeds, 1956. 🇬🇧
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Tokugawa Ieyasu wrote to my forebear, King James I, he said: “Though separated by ten thousand leagues of clouds and waves, our territories are as it were close to each other”. Over 400-hundred years later, that sentiment remains at the heart of our friendship.
-Charles III 🇬🇧🇯🇵
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Villagers on Vanuatu's Tanna island pose with a portrait Britain's King Charles III to commemorate his coronation. Members of the tribe declared Charles the 'son of our power' • 🇻🇺🇬🇧
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Today in 1879: Battle of Rorke’s Drift - a British garrison of just over a 100 men – including sick and wounded – successfully defended a hastily-fortified mission station from 4,000 battle-hardened Zulu warriors for over 10 hours. (Anglo-Zulu War, Film is Zulu) • 🇬🇧🇿🇦
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Two British Royal Air Force (RAF) airmen are buried with full military honors by occupying German soldiers, Channel Islands (Jersey), 1943 🇯🇪🇬🇧🇩🇪
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I Vow to Thee, My Country • Lest We Forget • 🇬🇧
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A British Army chaplain saying a
prayer over a dying German Army medic near Epehy, France - 18th September 1918 🇬🇧🇩🇪
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In 1833, Great Britain used 40% of its national budget to buy freedom for all slaves in the Empire. Britain borrowed such a large sum of money for the Abolition Act that it wasn’t paid off until 2015:
It was called the most expensive moral action in history, but there is no monument or memorial to the Royal Navy’s West Africa Squadron. This year, in Portsmouth, we will put that right. To support this effort please visit
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Today, we remember the 'immortal legacy of Lord Nelson and those who fell with him' (words of Queen Elizabeth II), whose strategic genius at Trafalgar over the combined French and Spanish fleets in 1805 ensured British naval supremacy around the world.
Happy Trafalgar Day! 🇬🇧
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Guy Fawkes Night/Bonfire Night is an annual commemoration observed on 5th November, primarily in Great Britain. Dating back to 1605, the event commemorates the failed assassination attempt on the Protestant King James I by Guy Fawkes and his other Catholic conspirators. 🇬🇧
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Mothers of Canadian WW1 soldiers (as part of the British Empire) participate in a parade in Toronto, Canada. 🍁🇬🇧
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Today in 1879: 'The Last Sleep of the Brave', the bodies of Lieutenants Coghill and Melvill are found after they died attempting to save the Queen's Colours in the Battle of Isandlwana, Anglo-Zulu War • 🇬🇧🇿🇦
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Brecon Freedom Parade - British Army Nepalese Gurkha soldiers celebrate in Brecon (Wales, UK) every year with a parade to commemorate being made honorary citizens of the town for recognition of their service to the community. (🏴)🇬🇧🇳🇵
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I do hold the view that the luckiest thing that happened to this country was being colonised by the British.
- John Howard, Australian Prime Minister • 🇦🇺🇬🇧
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The British Empire is the greatest stimulant of organised freedom which the world has ever known. By geography, by experience, by practical idealism, by political maturity, by character, the British have a part to play which no other race could do so well.
- Jan Smuts 🇿🇦🇬🇧
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New Poll: 72% of the British public think children should be taught to be proud of British history - while 60% believe the United Kingdom has been a force for good (just 14% outright disagree).
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Today marks the three year passing of Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh.
'It is a complete misconception to imagine that the monarchy exists in the interests of the monarch. It doesn’t. It exists in the interests of the people.'
- Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh 🇬🇧
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Queen Elizabeth II firing a British L85 battle rifle, 1993. 🇬🇧
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Canada 🇨🇦🇬🇧
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British troops raising the Union Flag on the Falkland Islands, 1982. 🇬🇧🇫🇰
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A Typical British Family by Mary Evans, 1912 🇬🇧
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Today in 1982: Argentina surrenders to Great Britain on South Georgia Island, near the Falkland Islands • 🇫🇰🇬🇧
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French authorities surrendering Montreal to British forces in 1760. 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇨🇦
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On this day in 1920 the Cenotaph was unveiled by King George V at 11am. The Cenotaph's timeless form has symbolised the universality of grief and the human cost of victory ever since. 🇬🇧
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Empire Day in Sydney, Australia (1906). ‘One Flag, One Fleet, One King, One Empire’ • 🇦🇺🇬🇧
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Overview of the British Empire, Atlas published in 1944 • 🇬🇧
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I cannot lead you into battle, I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else, I can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
- Queen Elizabeth II 🇬🇧
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75% of Hong Kongers believe that Hong Kong would have been worse off without British colonisation 🇭🇰🇬🇧
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The Falkland Islands Are Forever British! 🇫🇰🇬🇧
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Today in 1770: Captain James Cook and the crew of HM Bark Endeavour landed in Botany Bay. Cook declared the east coast of Australia Terra Nullius - 'nobody's land' - and claimed it for Great Britain • 🇬🇧🇦🇺
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Distribution of 1939 Population of the British Empire and British Empire WW2 Military Deaths 🇬🇧
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Sergeant William McGregor of the Scot’s Guards wearing his Crimean whiskers and medal in 1856. 🇷🇺🇬🇧
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Today in 1689: William III and Mary II were crowned together at Westminster Abbey. They ruled jointly from 1689 until Mary’s death in 1694.
A short history lesson on William of Orange and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 from Queen Elizabeth II • 🇬🇧
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Drummer James Roddick of the 92nd Highlanders defending Lieutenant Menzies at Kandahar - 1880 🇬🇧🇦🇫
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“You have landed unlawfully on British territory and I order you to remove yourself and your troops forthwith!” is what Falkland Islands Governor Sir Rex Hunt said to Argentine generals before being arrested in full ceremonial uniform after trying to repel their invasion. 🇫🇰🇬🇧
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'An Empire On Which The Sun Never Sets' - Early 1900s. 🇬🇧
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Today in 1982, Argentina invaded and illegally occupied the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands.
Over the next ten weeks, 255 British soldiers laid down their lives for the freedom of the islands.
Lest We Forget • 🇬🇧🇫🇰
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Each day is a new beginning. I know that the only way to live my life is to try to do what is right: to take the long view, to give of my best in all that the day brings and to put my trust in God.
- Queen Elizabeth II 🇬🇧
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Today in 1775, Captain James Cook, aboard HMS Resolution, makes the first claim to South Georgia after landing in Possession Bay. His men plant a 🇬🇧 flag, fire a volley of musket shot, & claim the island for King George III.
🇬🇸 is now part of the British Antarctic Territories 🇦🇶
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Happy Trafalgar Day! Today is the celebration of the victory won by the British Royal Navy, commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805 🇬🇧
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Ulster’s Question - Under Which Flag? (1920s) 🇬🇧
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Today is the 420th anniversary of the 1603 Union of the Crowns of England & Scotland.
Elizabeth I died on this day, resulting in Scotland's James VI ascending to England's throne as James I. 🏴🏴•🇬🇧
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‘Whenever you buy anything, ask where it comes from.’ - British Empire Poster from 1920s 🇳🇿🇮🇳🇮🇪🇬🇧🇨🇦
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I believe in the British Empire, and in the second place I believe in the British race. I believe that the British race is the greatest of the governing races that the world has ever seen.
- Joseph Chamberlain, Statesman 🇬🇧
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It is a complete misconception to imagine that the monarchy exists in the interests of the monarch. It doesn’t. It exists in the interests of the people.
- Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh 🇬🇧
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James Clark Ross planting the Union Jack into the Antarctic ice, 1840 🇬🇧
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In 1615 the British Isles had been an economically unremarkable, politically fractious & strategically 2nd class entity. 200 years later Great Britain had acquired the largest empire the world had ever seen, encompassing 43 colonies in 5 continents.
-Niall Ferguson, Historian 🇬🇧
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1936: As King George V was dying he slipped in and out of unconsciousness. But he did say his secretary: “How is the Empire?”, and the secretary responded: “All is well, Sir, with the Empire”, and the King gave him a smile and relapsed once more into unconsciousness. 🇬🇧
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The union of the British race, the firm and effective federation of our people in all quarters of the earth, appears to me to be of such transcendent importance as a matter of both morals and of politics.
- F.S. Oliver, British Writer 🇬🇧
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has now surpassed King Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej) to become the second longest reigning monarch in history. God Save The Queen! 🇬🇧
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People say I ‘stole’ gold and diamonds from Africa – but before I got there no one seemed to show interest in these natural resources. Besides, every single rock and nugget of gold I took out of the ground I had a legal right to.
- Cecil Rhodes, Founder of Rhodesia (🇿🇼🇿🇲)🇬🇧
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The Imperial Bodyguard - Soldiers Of The Empire, 1902. 🇬🇧
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When Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953 over 100 nations didn't exist in their present form, that's more than half the countries on earth. 🇬🇧
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It is a complete misconception to imagine that the monarchy exists in the interests of the monarch. It doesn’t. It exists in the interests of the people.
- Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh 🇬🇧
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Today in 1815: The Duke of Wellington’s British Army, supported by a smaller coalition of Dutch and German soldiers defeat Napoleon’s French Army at the Battle of Waterloo. This scene depicts the charge of Scots Greys (Waterloo, 1970) • 🇬🇧
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Over 92% of Canadians were born during the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 🇨🇦🇬🇧
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The window above the Senate of Canada entrance depicts two historic Queens of Canada: Queen Victoria (1837-1901) & Queen Elizabeth II (1952-Present) 🇨🇦🇬🇧
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When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
- Queen Elizabeth II 🇬🇧
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A portrait of British Rear-Admiral George Cockburn with Washington, D.C. burning in the background. By John James Hall, 1817 • 🇬🇧🇺🇸
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Is Greeted Joyfully By Loyal New Zealanders. 🇳🇿🇬🇧
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Dr Zareer Masani (
@ZareerMasani
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A placard left by supporters is seen on the rear window of the car transporting former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten as he leaves the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, 2014. Patten became the last British governor of Hong Kong when the territory reverted to Chinese rule, 1997 • 🇭🇰🇬🇧
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The Royal Navy established the West Africa Squadron in 1808 to patrol the coast of West Africa, and between 1808 and 1860 they seized approximately 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans who were aboard. Most of the ships captured were headed to South America. 🇬🇧
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This British tradition is over 600 years old 🇬🇧
The traditional search of the cellars of the Palace of Westminster is conducted ahead of the State opening of Parliament
It's the first time that a woman has been nominated to lead the ceremonial search
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Today in 1759: British Army under James Wolfe lays siege to the fortress city of Quebec. The 78-day standoff ends when the French are drawn out onto the Plains of Abraham and defeated in less than an hour. Wolfe dies in the battle, but New France falls to the British • 🇬🇧🇨🇦
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Today would have been the 102nd birthday of Prince Philip, The Late Duke of Edinburgh • 🇬🇧
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Happy Victoria Day to all Canadians! Victoria Day is a federal Canadian public holiday celebrated on the last Monday preceding May 25 to honour Queen Victoria. The holiday has been observed in Canada since at least 1845, originally on Victoria's natural birthday, May 24 • 🇨🇦🇬🇧
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Queen Elizabeth II can trace her descent as far back as King Egbert, who ruled England in the early 800s AD. Here is a family tree showing the line of ancestry from Queen Elizabeth II back to King Alfred the Great. 🇬🇧
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The 1924 British Empire Exhibition - A Celebration. 🇬🇧
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The Cayman Islands, like all of our Overseas Territories, are much-loved and integral members of the British Family.
- King Charles III 🇬🇧🇰🇾
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Some talk about the [British] Empire and Imperialism as if it were something to decry and something to be ashamed of. It is a great thing to be the inheritors of an Empire like ours.
- Emeline Pankhurst, British Suffragette
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Today in 1713: Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain as part of the Treaty of Utrecht, which led to Britain's withdrawal from the War of the Spanish Succession.
At the 2002 referendum, 99% of Gibraltarians voted against Britain & Spain sharing sovereignty over Gibraltar • 🇬🇮🇬🇧
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Today in 1759: British Army under General James Wolfe conquer the fortress city of Quebec. The 78-day standoff ends when the French are drawn out onto the Plains of Abraham and defeated in less than an hour. Wolfe dies in the battle, but New France falls to the British • 🇬🇧🇨🇦
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19th Century Parade of Goddess Britannia & Warriors of the British Empire. 🇬🇧
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King George V and The Prince of Wales, later the Duke of Windsor and King Edward VIII, 1914. 🇬🇧
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Today in 1849: Great Britain formally annexes the Punjab after defeating the Sikh Empire on the Indian subcontinent • 🇬🇧🇮🇳
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Dr Zareer Masani (
@ZareerMasani
) Dispelling The False Myths That The British Empire Caused Famines in India | Oxford Union 2020. 🇮🇳🇬🇧
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Today in 1813: Laura Secord (1775 – 1868), Canadian heroine of the War of 1812, walked 20 miles (32 km) out of American-occupied territory to warn the British-Canadian forces of an impending American attack. This event highlights the solidarity between Britons & Canadians • 🇨🇦🇬🇧
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In 2009 Rwanda joined the British Commonwealth despite being a former Belgian Colony, they replaced French in schools with English and introduced Cricket. 🇷🇼🇬🇧
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‘Sons Of The Motherland’ - British Empire troops from Australia, Britain, Canada and South Africa 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦🇿🇦
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Burial of the Unknown British Warrior, 1920 - By Frank O. Salisbury 🇬🇧
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God Save The King • Commonwealth Day Service (2023) • Westminster Abbey • 🇬🇧
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Portrait of Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore - 1817 🇬🇧🇸🇬
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The British Army liberated the Falkland Islands 40 years ago today. Lest We Forget 🇫🇰🇬🇧
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