Who currently controls the british empire and why

The British Empire does not exist anymore

Explanation:

The British Empire has not been an empire since 1997. Britain's last major overseas territory, Hong Kong had been acquired in 1898 under a 99 year lease and was finally expired in 1997.

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nationalization is the set of dispositions and operations by means of which the state assumes, in varied form, the administration of private companies, of groups of companies or of the totality of certain economic sectors previously managed by individuals, such as the land portions. nationalization is the opposite of privatization. it is also called nationalization of the means of production, although a nationalized company can be previously both national and foreign ownership. nationalization or nationalization is a very characteristic action of ideologies such as socialism and nationalism.