Queen Elizabeth II during her Jubilee tour in Jamaica, a Commonwealth country, in February 2022.Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images The Commonwealth was born out of the British Empire, ...

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.

LONDON — At its height, the British Empire’s rule oversaw 531 million people — over three continents spanning from North America to Oceania. It was once said that the sun never set on the British ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

Queen Elizabeth II during her Jubilee tour in Jamaica, a Commonwealth country, in February 2022.Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images Commonwealth nations are mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth ...