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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

Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday.


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