The Empire Grows

Over the last 100 years, Britain went from having the biggest empire the world has ever known .....

The Pink Bits Were British Empire

 ... to being a small overcrowded island, north of the European continent.

Queen Elizabeth II Passes

 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

She passed today, surrounded by her extensive family aged 96-years-old, as Britain's longest serving monarch.

Waving The Flag

The town of Ledbury is not necessarily one which you would associate with the cult of political correctness but this pernicious illness to common sense can raise its head anywhere.

For instance Councillor Liz Harvey who is also deputy leader of the It's Our County party (must be a home rule for Herefordshire thing?) reportedly suggested at a council meeting that no Union Jack bunting be used to mark the Queens 90th birthday celebrations.

In Ledbury Bunting Is Offensive To Some?

The Queen is Googled

HRH aka Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was Googled on the UK Google web site.

As this only happens once, I saved it for the peoples of the Empire, Commonwealth, and in the Breakaway colonies.