I also like to point out that Elizabeth II is the Queen that saw the collapse of one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen, yet she's also celebrated in the west. Maybe we should celebrate the Queen too, but for the reason explained before hehe.
I mean, compare Elizabeth II with Victoria.. one saw rapid expansion of the Empire, the other well... more or less became a vassal of the United States.
Of course the Queen is not like super responsible for the decadence of the Empire but it's fun to point out.
did the empire really collapse tho? the anglosphere is still doing anglosphere things. what changed is that the capital is now unquestionably in washington dc, not london.
The British Empire collapsed and the nature of empires changed. USA had the ability and knowledge of how to operate these new empires and essentially took over the role of the old world empires.
Things like the Suez Crisis sealed the deal on this passing of the torch.
I also like to point out that Elizabeth II is the Queen that saw the collapse of one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen, yet she's also celebrated in the west. Maybe we should celebrate the Queen too, but for the reason explained before hehe.
I mean, compare Elizabeth II with Victoria.. one saw rapid expansion of the Empire, the other well... more or less became a vassal of the United States.
Of course the Queen is not like super responsible for the decadence of the Empire but it's fun to point out.
did the empire really collapse tho? the anglosphere is still doing anglosphere things. what changed is that the capital is now unquestionably in washington dc, not london.
The British Empire collapsed and the nature of empires changed. USA had the ability and knowledge of how to operate these new empires and essentially took over the role of the old world empires.
Things like the Suez Crisis sealed the deal on this passing of the torch.