Former British Empire
States which recognise the head of state of the United Kingdom as their own also use the appellation, appropriately modified to reflect the local situation.
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Famous quotes containing the words british and/or empire:
“Wearing overalls on weekdays, painting somebody elses house to earn money? Youre working class. Wearing overalls at weekends, painting your own house to save money? Youre middle class.”
—Lawrence Sutton, British prizewinner in competition in Sunday Correspondent (London)
“now
I bring full-flavoured wine out of a barrel found
Where seven Ephesian topers slept and never knew
When Alexanders empire passed, they slept so sound.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)