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'''Imperium Britannicum''' [[dominio]]nes, [[colonia coronae|colonias]], [[protectoratus]], [[mandatum Societatis Civitatum|mandata]], et alia [[terrirorium obnoxium|territoria]]<!--dependent t.--> temperata vel administrata a [[Britanniarum Regnum|Britanniarum Regno]] comprehendit. A [[Anglicum coloniarum imperium|coloniis transmarinis]] et [[locus commercii|locis commercii]]<!--trading posts--> a [[Regnum Angliae|Regno Angliae]] [[saeculum|saeculis]] [[saeculum 16|sexto decimo]] exeunte et [[saeculum 17|septimo decimo]] ineunte institutis exortum est. Id summa gloria fuit [[index maximorum imperiorum|maximum]] [[imperium]] in [[historia]], et plus quam singulum saeculum fuit prima [[potestas (coniunctiones internationales)|potestas globalis]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ferguson |first=Niall |year=[[2004]] |title=Empire, The rise and demise of the British world order and the lessons for global power |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=0-465-02328-2}}.</ref> Usque ad [[1922]], plus quam 458 milliones [[homo|hominum]] in suam [[dicio]]nem redegerat, quintam partem numeri civium [[Tellus|orbis terrarum]] eodem tempore.<ref>[[#refMaddison2001|Maddison 2001]], pp. 98, 242.</ref> Imperium plus quam 33&thinsp;700&thinsp;000 [[chiliometrum quadratum|chiliometrorum quadratorum]] contexit, paene quartam partem terrestris Telluris [[area (geometria)|areae]].<ref>[[#refFerguson2004|Ferguson 2004]], p. 15.</ref><ref>[[#refElkins2005|Elkins2005]], p. 5.</ref> Evenit ut suum legatum [[civilitas|civile]], [[lex communis|legitimum]], [[lingua Anglica|linguisticum]], [[cultura Britanniarum Regni|culturale]] longe lateque diffusum esset. Imperium summa sua potestate ab incolis appellabatur ''[[The empire on which the sun never sets]]'' ("imperium quo sol numquam occiditur") quia eius coniectus trans orbem terrarum postulavit ut [[sol]] semper in saltem [[unus|unum]] ex eius multis territoriis fulgeret. Hodie multae [[civitas sui iuris|civitates]] ab Imperio Britannico olim rectae sunt partes [[Consortio Populorum|Consortionis Populorum]].

 

== Imperium hodiernum ==

 

In September 1982, [[Prime minister|Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] travelled to Beijing to negotiate with the Chinese government on the future of Britain's last major and most populous overseas territory, Hong Kong.<ref>[[British Empire#refBrendon|Brendon]], p.&nbsp;654.</ref> Under the terms of the 1842 [[Treaty of Nanking]], [[Hong Kong Island]] itself had been ceded to Britain "in perpetuity", but the vast majority of the colony was constituted by the [[New Territories]], which had been acquired under a [[Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory|99-year lease in 1898]], due to expire in 1997.<ref>[[#refJoseph2010|Joseph]], p.&nbsp;355.</ref><ref>[[#refRothermund2006|Rothermund]], p.&nbsp;100.</ref> Thatcher, seeing parallels with the Falkland Islands, initially wished to hold Hong Kong and proposed British administration with Chinese sovereignty, though this was rejected by China.<ref>[[British Empire#refBrendon|Brendon]], pp.&nbsp;654–55.</ref> A deal was reached in 1984—under the terms of the [[Sino-British Joint Declaration]], Hong Kong would become a [[special administrative region of the People's Republic of China]], maintaining its way of life for at least 50 years.<ref>[[British Empire#refBrendon|Brendon]], p.&nbsp;656.</ref> The [[Hong Kong handover ceremony|handover ceremony]] in 1997 marked for many,<ref>[[British Empire#refBrendon|Brendon]], p.&nbsp;660.</ref> including [[Charles, Prince of Wales]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4740684.stm|title=Charles' diary lays thoughts bare|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=13 December 2008 |date=22 February 2006}}</ref> who was in attendance, "the end of Empire".<ref name="refohbev594"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/endofempire_overview_07.shtml|title=BBC - History - Britain, the Commonwealth and the End of Empire|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=13 December 2008}}</ref>