"The sun never sets on the British Empire"

"The sun never sets on the British Empire" was orginally written by John Wilson, under the pseudonym Christopher North. At first it was written "His Majesty's dominions, on which the sun never sets," but was changed to the more remerable phrase which is the one in the title. The phrase usually refers to the British Empire at its biggest, and it means that the when the Earth turns around and the sun shines on different parts of the world, it is always shining on some parts of the British Empire.

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