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>>xd+(OP)
Fun facts:

- She ruled for 30% of the time since the American Revolution

- She oversaw the largest reduction of landholdings of any empire in the history of the world. Notable because it was also one of the most peaceful transitions in history -- Australia, Canada, South Africa, Israel, Egypt, etc.

- She oversaw the loss of Sterling the world reserve currency and the rise of another (the USD, EU).

>>citili+Tj
It wasn't peaceful. It was that the UK was broke and couldn't afford to keep invading places that weren't making money for it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis

>>thrown+0i1
See also:

https://www.historyireland.com/frank-kitson-northern-ireland...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/13/legacy-of-viol...