The British Empire, commonly known as the British Empire, was formed in the 19th century and is the largest colonial empire in the world's history. Its ruling area once reached 34 million square kilometers.

In fact, British Empire has not had a "Emperor of the British Empire" for hundreds of years.

The British Empire, commonly known as the British Empire, was formed in the 19th century and is the largest colonial empire in the world's history. Its ruling area once reached 34 million square kilometers. Why do I often hear Queen of England , but I rarely hear the British king, let alone the British emperor?

First talk about why you often hear the Queen of England. In fact, the British kings also have more men and fewer women, but in the eyes of the Chinese, the history of invasion in the 19th century happened to meet Queen Victoria I of England, and the contemporary history from the 20th century to the present happened to meet Elizabeth II , so they are all queens, but they know very little about other British kings.

Let’s talk about why there is no British emperor. The British administrative system began in the Roman Empire's province of Britain. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the Anglo-Saxons called it England, and the King of England appeared.

16th century, England merged Wales . Later crown princes were called Prince of Wales because Wales and England were the "close".

17th century, Scotland King James VI inherited the throne of England, and James VI renamed James I and became King of Scotland, England and Ireland .

1707, England and Scotland were officially merged, called Kingdom of Great Britain .

1801, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged, called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, just called "Great Love".

In 1921, southern Ireland was independent, and the United Kingdom of "Great Love" was renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This country's name has been ongoing until now.

For so many years, there was no emperor in Britain whether it was before or after constitutional monarchy.

Someone asks, are European emperors and Chinese emperors the same thing? It's really different. The Chinese emperor does not mention his origin. As the saying goes, "Why would a king, prince, general, and minister?" As long as he wins the world, he will be an emperor. The winner will be a king, and the loser will be a bandit. Later generations only recognized the emperors who occupied a major historical position, and the "arrogance" who was in a corner was not considered an emperor or emperor.

In Europe, in addition to the earliest Roman emperors, later emperors also needed bloodline and the crowning of the pope to be considered formal emperors. There are also those who don’t buy the Pope’s account. For example, Napoleon crowned himself, but that can only be considered the French Emperor, not the Holy Roman Empire Emperor.

As for why the Pope did not crown the emperor of the King of Britain ? Because the Pope is Catholic and the King of England is a Protestant, it is impossible to crown him. Therefore, the British king could not inherit the "Daotong" of the Holy Roman Empire outside, and was subject to the constitutional monarchy internally. The king could not do anything that was so strict that he could not crown himself like Napoleon.

For hundreds of years, Britain has developed many colonies, but none of them have claimed to be the emperor of any colony, because these colonies did not originally have emperors. Without " First Emperor ", the King of England (Queen) could not replace it, and would not set up an emperor out of thin air. This is their thinking.

Faced with a big empire like China, Britain really couldn't bear the courage to "swallow the elephant" and had to concentrate on trade and make money. He never thought of becoming the emperor of China. But in another place, the British king briefly fulfilled his dream of emperor, which is in India. India was originally under the rule of the Mughal Empire, and the ruler was of course the emperor. In 1876, Queen Victoria I of England replaced him and called himself the emperor of India. Her full titles are: Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the British Overseas Dominant King, and Emperor of India.

0 The emperors of India include Edward VII , George V , Edward VII , George VI , George VI .George VI was the last emperor of India. After the independence of the Dominion of India, he changed his name to King of India . After the founding of the Republic of India, he gave up the title of King of India. Perhaps it was his way of going with the flow and keeping pace with the times that directly affected his daughter Elizabeth II.

After Charles III , he has basically inherited all the titles of his mother Elizabeth II. The future depends on the direction of the Commonwealth, whether member states such as Canada and Australia want to "go toward a republic."