Why was it said that the “sun never sets on the British Empire”?

The saying the empire on which the Sun never sets has been used to explain the vastness of the British empire. historians established that roughly 25% of the earth land mass was in control of the British. the region was so extensive that at any one time there was daylight in one of the territories.

Explanation:

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The saying “The Empire on which the sun never sets” has been used to explain the vastness of the British Empire. Historians established that roughly 25% of the earth landmass was in control of the British. The region was so extensive that at any one time there was daylight in one of the territories

Explanation:

Easier version is that the british empire had so much land that when it was night in some of it the other had day

payments were made after the 1940s.

in the 1980s, a commission held investigations and made recommendations.