Since then, England has been grappling with a stubborn controversy about the British Empire on which the sun still does not set: an endless day is falling on this past that does not pass.ĭue to its magnitude, the colonial enterprise deeply marked the country. Brexit voters dreamed of seeing the country regain its exceptional status by leaving a community of equals like the European Union. England's "leave" vote tipped the balance as it has a much heavier weight demographically than the other nations of the United Kingdom (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Yet since the Brexit referendum in 2016, things have changed, particularly in England, where the exit from the European Union played out. The prevailing pragmatism makes the country a stranger to the historical quarrels that have regularly inflamed France. With these royal traditions, the United Kingdom also celebrates its past. He become the 40 th sovereign to be anointed in this church since 1066. On May 6, the pomp of the British monarchy was on display for the coronation of Charles III at Westminster Abbey. In DepthChallenged by new historiography interested in the shadowy areas of British colonization, the United Kingdom is going through a memorial crisis around its imperial past, which it has never really stopped revering. Nostalgia Britannia: England still quarrels over its imperial past By Marc-Olivier Bherer (Cambridge, London, Oxford (United Kingdom) special correspondent) Published on May 6, 2023, at 8:00 pm (Paris), updated on May 9, 2023, at 9:03 pm
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