The largest country in the world today is Russia, with about 11% of the global landmass. It was far exceeded by the British Empire, which at its height controlled about a fourth of the world's ...

CNN’s Peter Bergen interviews Harvard University historian Caroline Elkins about the legacy of the British Empire and the future of countries in the Commonwealth, where the British monarch ...

Learn about British history, including what the British Empire was and when it ended in this Bitesize KS3 history guide.

Here we explain the British colonisation exercise, the Western ideas behind it, and list the countries that were once part of the British Empire that gradually attained independence.

The empire on which the sun never sets' is the most famous description of the British Empire - even though the phrase was invented to describe the reach of Spain's territory in the 16th century.

Throughout its history, the British Empire has taken countless artifacts from its colonies and other countries. Governments and activists have since called for the repatriation of these cultural ...

A map of countries where an overseas volunteer organisation operates is—what else?—a throwback to the British Empire’s pink map.

The Commonwealth, an association of former British colonies, has faced criticism for its imperialist roots, and some countries still want independence from royal rule.

English colonialists liked to say "The sun never sets on the British Empire." This was literally true by the early 20th century when British colonies spanned the globe. After World War II, a ...

What is the Commonwealth? The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of countries around the world that were once part of the British Empire. The goal of the association, according to its website ...

The countries that were once part of Yugoslavia were largely under Mongol rule in 1241. These include North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia.

CNN’s Peter Bergen interviews Harvard University historian Caroline Elkins about the legacy of the British Empire and the future of countries in the Commonwealth, where the British monarch ...