Now British monarchs may wed Catholics
Although more than 50 nations are members of the British Commonwealth, only 16 embrace the British monarch as their sovereign — and place her image on their currency, postal stamps and other ... Ghana, Gibraltar, Gilbert Island, Guernsey, Guyana, India ...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
British dependent territories are Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Antarctic Territory, the British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands and Dependencies, Gibraltar ... Geneva Conventions Act (Colonial Territories) Order 1959, S.I ...

Singapore: Problem Child
Undisturbed by British colonial authorities in respect to language ... But, on the positive side, the region's natural resources included oil in Brunei (second to Canada in Commonwealth production) and vast tracts of virgin timber in North Borneo; while ...

The Legacy of Empire Conference
The Conference, organised jointly by the Overseas Service Pensioners' Association (OSPA) and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, will hear from high-profile speakers who can recall the closing years of British colonial ... Governor of Gibraltar 1997-2000.

Superpower Under Siege
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Gibraltar, Hong Kong ... and Sudan—all hoisted the Union Jack. Under the colonial relationship, the British colonies (later to be known as the British Commonwealth) had a guaranteed market for selling their raw ...

Britain can never atone for its colonial past
In so many of the world's troublesome corners - Cyprus, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Palestine, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Kenya (where British officials are still liable to prosecution for torture) and Iraq - a stamp says "Made in Britain". Britain cannot undo most of the ...