probably because the british, like the romans, have a history of greed for power and conquest. in their histry someone has always wanted someone elses cup of tea, metaphorically speaking. The British wanted to expand there rule and wanted to spread Christianity to the far east(India-Pakistan-Africa-Australia, New Zealand) & west (west Indies, Canada, north & south Americas) which brought with it trades in silk, cotton, tea, Tabaco, coffee, sugar, gold-silver, and slave labour, and we gave them the know how of farming, policing, war fare, governance etc.
Look at invasions of Britain in the early years - Roman, Saxons, Normans and then look at British Colonization and invasion in the later years.
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Yes, all British monarchs have been crowned there since the Norman invasion of 1066 swept away Saxon rule. The present building was built by Henry III in the 1240's. Prior to the Norman invasion, British monarchs were crowned at Canterbury.
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