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Queen Elizabeth II – A New Era Begins

Photo credit: Joel Rouse/Ministry of Defense. www.defenceimagery.mod.uk License: Open Government License 3.0. Source. It is certainly a sad time for many right now. Although we expected this to happen sooner rather than later, I think in the end we did not realise how soon and sudden it would be – especially so soon after the […]

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British Virgin Islands Enquiry Asks for Direct Rule from Britain

As always sources are at the bottom of the post. This blog will be looking into the effects of direct rule on the Turks and Caicos Islands and gives us a kind of template of what may happen with the British Virgin Islands, so read on to find that or scroll down to the section […]

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Armed Forces of the Commonwealth – United Kingdom – The Royal Air Force

Featured Photo: Photo from defenceimagery.mod.uk. License: OGL v1.0. The Air Force of the United Kingdom is officially known as the Royal Air Force. It has existed for over a century with it first being founded in April 1918 as the world’s first independent air force, around 6 months before the end of World War 1, […]

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What is Canada’s Emergencies Act?  

Featured Photo: Image by Ana Krach from Pixabay Sources are at the bottom of the post. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act in a bid to dismantle ongoing trucker protests in the country that have notably caused stasis and distress in the centre of Ottawa and have also managed to shut […]

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Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee – The First Ever for a British Monarch (again)

Featured Photo: Photo by Raph_PH from Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Source. Sources for post found at the bottom. For the first ever time for a British Monarch we will be celebrating a Platinum Jubilee which will mark the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II taking the throne in 1952. The day of this has actually […]