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What if the British empire never existed? Would the world be a better or a worse place?

Edward VII and Queen Alexandria at the Delhi Durbar of 1903 — Edward VII and Queen Alexandria are created emperor and empress of India at the Delhi Durbar of 1903. Photograph: Print Collector/Getty Images

What if the British empire never existed? Would the world be a better or a worse place? Robert Hunter, Dundee

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