the British

noun

: the people of Great Britain and especially England
talked about the British

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In his book, Harry laid bare embarrassing details about the House of Windsor and wrote candidly of his sibling rivalry with William, heir to the British throne. Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025 Recent news about the British Royal family paints a very complicated picture of the dynamics. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 7 June 2025 This groundbreaking partnership is the first of its kind for Charlotte Tilbury, marking a major power move for the British cosmetics company founded in 2013 as the industry continues to join hands with the world of professional sports. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 June 2025 Modern nineteenth-century prisons in various parts of the world, including in the British empire, began to model their own prisons off of the Eastern State Penitentiary, instituting separate and silent treatments that suppressed language. Amir Hussain june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the British

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