The New Year Honours 2026 list has been announced, celebrating contributions to British society – but many famous faces have ...
Any member of the public or an official body can nominate someone for an honour. UK nationals and citizens of 15 Commonwealth ...
If you wander through Glasgow Green, you'll encounter the Doulton fountain, a gaudy terracotta tribute to empire that ...
The Attorney General has slammed left-wing people for being 'ashamed' of Britain's colonial past and said she was 'proud' of the British Empire. Suella Braverman, whose parents are from Mauritius and ...
More than 600 items, including military medals and jewellery from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire, were stolen from a UK museum in ...
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 sprawling reach of Spain's territory in the 16th ...
British Indian artist Meera Syal has received a Damehood in King Charles III's New Year Honours. She is recognized for her ...
The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...
Campaign has backing of honours-holders including health chief Victor Adebowale and NBA’s John Amaechi A new push to strip the word “empire” from the British honours system has been launched by dozens ...