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    Who said "The sun never sets on the British Empire" and what was the exact quote?

    Question #37864. Asked by bachus123. (Aug 23 03 11:28 AM)


    Brainyblonde

    		Under the pseudonym Christopher North, writer John Wilson composed a serious of articles for a long-running column called "Noctes Ambrosianae."
    Wilson as North wrote, "His Majesty's dominions, on which the sun never sets," which was changed to the more user-friendly, "the sun never sets on the British Empire."
    http://athena.english.vt.edu/~jmooney/3044annotationsp-z/sunneversets.html


    Aug 23 03, 1:35 PM

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