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15 hours ago · May 27, 2024. Work on the UK/Overseas Territories Strategy has been halted following the surprise announcement by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of a general election on 4 July. According to a ...
4 days ago · The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory. As a British territory, its sovereign is King Charles III of the United Kingdom, represented by a governor appointed by the monarch, on the advice of the Foreign Office.
1 day ago · Bermuda, self-governing British overseas territory in the western North Atlantic Ocean. It is an archipelago of 7 main islands and about 170 additional (named) islets and rocks, situated about 650 miles (1,050 km) east of Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, U.S.).
May 15, 2024 · Falkland Islands, internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies about 300 miles northeast of the southern tip of South America and a similar distance east of the Strait of Magellan. The capital and major town is Stanley, on East Falkland.
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May 1, 2024 · Which of the far-flung and often idyllic British Overseas Territories is worth visiting? We rank them from worst to best for holidays
May 15, 2024 · Formerly administered as part of the British Crown Colony of Mauritius, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) was established as an overseas territory of the UK in 1965. A number of the islands in the territory were later transferred to the Seychelles when it gained independence in 1976.
May 17, 2024 · The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 independent and equal countries. Many members of the Commonwealth, though not all, are former British territories and were part of Britain's colonial Empire. The Commonwealth covers around one-third of the world's population.
