Today in 1868: Abyssinian War ends as British and Raj troops under the command of Sir Robert Napier capture Magdala. The Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide • 🇬🇧🇪🇹

Today in 1689: William III and Mary II were crowned together at Westminster Abbey. They ruled jointly from 1689 until Mary’s death in 1694.

A short history lesson on William of Orange and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 from Queen Elizabeth II • 🇬🇧

Today in 1820: The first British settlers landed at Algoa Bay, South Africa.

'The British Settlers of 1820 Landing in Algoa Bay' by artist and explorer Thomas Baines (1853) • 🇬🇧🇿🇦

Today marks the three year passing of Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh.

'It is a complete misconception to imagine that the monarchy exists in the interests of the monarch. It doesn’t. It exists in the interests of the people.'

- Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh 🇬🇧

Today in 1812: The Anglo-Portuguese Army, under the command of the Duke of Wellington, assaulted the fortress of Badajoz in Spain. It was the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France • 🇬🇧🇵🇹🇫🇷

Maundy Thursday commemorates Jesus sharing the Last Supper with his disciples and commanding them to  'Love one another as I have loved you.' 

The tradition of the Monarch or their representative presenting alms on Maundy Thursday goes back to 1213 • 🇬🇧

Prayers for the Commonwealth of Nations as a 'common people with one hope under God' | Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey (2024)

Prayers for His Majesty King Charles III and the Lord’s Prayer | Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey (2024) | 🇬🇧

God Save The King • Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey (2024) • 🇬🇧

Statue of Queen Victoria in Aden, Yemen. The statue was unveiled in 1905 or early 1906 by the Duke of Connaught and then visited by King George V in 1911. Yemen is the only Arab country to have been a British colony (Aden Colony) • 🇾🇪🇬🇧

Canada evolved within the British Empire: it inherited the Parliamentary system, the Cabinet system & all the other features of the British constitutional system which had been in place, for the most part, for several centuries before Canada was even thought of.

- Stockwell Day

Today in 1962: The British Antarctic Territory was formed.

The UK's claims to Antarctica date back to 1908, but until 1962, the territory was administered as a dependency of the Falklands • 🇦🇶🇬🇧

Overview of the British Empire, Atlas published in 1944 • 🇬🇧

The Memorial to the Brigade of Gurkhas (1815 - Present) on Horse Guards Avenue, Whitehall, London, was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II on 3 December 1997. This was the first memorial to Gurkha soldiers in the United Kingdom • 🇬🇧🇳🇵

As we study the [British] Empire's destiny, we are bound to think of it less as a human achievement than as an instrument of Divine Providence for the promotion of the progress of mankind.

- Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister 🇬🇧

British cultural, economic, social, political and educational values create a unique British-like, Falkland Islands. Yet Islanders feel distinctly different from their fellow citizens who reside in the United Kingdom.

- Lewis Clifton, Falkland Islands Politician 🇫🇰🇬🇧

The union of the British race, the firm and effective federation of our people in all quarters of the earth, appears to me to be of such transcendent importance as a matter of both morals and of politics.

- F.S. Oliver, British Writer 🇬🇧

I believe in the British Empire, and in the second place I believe in the British race. I believe that the British race is the greatest of the governing races that the world has ever seen.

- Joseph Chamberlain, Statesman 🇬🇧

One of the many arches made to celebrate Federation, the Citizens Arch – National Museum, Canberra.

'Citizens Welcome The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York' • 🇬🇧🇦🇺

The Cayman Islands, like all of our Overseas Territories, are much-loved and integral members of the British Family.

- King Charles III (2023) 🇬🇧🇰🇾