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An uneventful reign during the decline of Britain after the Empire was gone.

posted 2 years ago by Quasimodo (16388)
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I always felt there was an inescapable sadness about that.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

it would have happened no matter who the monarch was

[–] redban (6164) 2 years ago

I read the other day that India passed Britain in GDP size. What a change from the older days

[–] galahadfairlight (414) 2 years ago

India has a population of nearly 1.4 Billion versus 67million.

[–] redban (6164) 2 years ago

Britain was always smaller than the other countries, even during its days as a superpower

[–] OvertonPendulum (4026) 2 years ago

Yep, Britain is still 20 times wealthier than India. The only things Indians are good for are having babies.