NONE the Emire is no more................
After World War II, the Empire was gradually dismantled, partly owing to the rise of independence movements in the then-subject territories (such as that started in India under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh,Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Muhammad Ali Jinnah), and partly owing to the British Government's strained circumstances resulting from the cost of the war. The word "British" was dropped in 1949 from the title of the Commonwealth to reflect the changing position.[4] Myanmar (formerly Burma, 1948), and Aden (1967) are the only former colonies not to have joined the Commonwealth upon independence. Among the former protectorates and mandates, Egypt (independent in 1922), Iraq (1932), Transjordan (1946), Palestine (became in part, the state of Israel in 1948), Sudan (1956), Kuwait (1961), Bahrain (1971), Oman (1971), Qatar (1971), and the United Arab Emirates (1971) never became members of the Commonwealth. The Republic of Ireland left the Commonwealth upon becoming a republic in 1949. However, the Ireland Act 1949 passed by the Parliament of Westminster gave citizens of the Republic of Ireland a status similar to that of other citizens of the Commonwealth in UK law.
2007-08-25 08:17:03
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answered by john k 5
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it's not called the British Empire any more, it's now called British Overseas Territories.
there's 14 altogether:- Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Monsterrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandich Islands, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Turks and Caicos Islands
2007-08-25 07:38:28
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answered by Anonymous
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The Empire is gona but there is a few british overseas Territory's
2007-08-25 08:33:33
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answered by Anonymous
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There are about 52 commonwealth countries but no remaining empire. Some countries are still protectorates of ours though.
2007-08-25 08:25:22
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answered by Veritas 7
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The Empire, it is finished.
2007-08-25 15:01:45
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answered by gortamor 4
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There is a small colony of British Emperor Penguins in the Antarctic, but they too have now requested full autonomy. Of course we have invited then to join the commonwealth in exchange for the filming rights to Richard Attenborough's latest series.
Oh and the small matter of the Falklands, and much of the Carribean.
2007-08-25 07:25:37
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answered by Anonymous
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it is the commonwealth now the british empire ended
2007-08-25 08:26:36
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answered by manapaformetta 6
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There is no British Empire any more. It no longer exists.
2007-08-25 07:31:02
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answered by Anonymous
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None: Britain now belongs to the Yankee Empire.
2007-08-25 09:14:05
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answered by Devil's Advocate 3
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