<ul><li>Britain reached an agreement to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, marking the end of the British Empire.</li><li>One section of the British Antarctic Territory, including the Pitcairn Islands, experienced perpetual sunlight for six months each year.</li><li>On March 20, during the spring equinox, the sun set on the British Empire, ending a major chapter in world history.</li><li>While the British Empire's literal sunset occurred, light began to peek over the horizon in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, two British territories on the island of Cyprus.</li></ul>

The sun has literally set on the British Empire

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