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It wasn't. At least not all the time. the 1900's or 20th century were a pretty dramatic time for Britain.
in 1901 Queen Victoria died, her empire was the largest the world had ever seen, Britain was the most powerful country in the world and certainly among the richest.
The First World War destroyed all that along with a few million men dead Britain heavily borrowed to pay for the war (mostly from the US) and was struggling, but the 1920's were still fairly prosperous.
1929-36 was the great depression and the Stock Market crash, Britain suffered with everyone else.
Then it fought the Second World War, being the only nation (besides the Poles who were seriously screwed btw) to fight for the whole duration of the war (unless you count China - but they were fighting pretty much everyone including themselves) Britain was again practically bankrupt by the end.
1950's were pretty bleak but;
1960's made Britain popular and cool and wealthy again.
The 70's were pretty hard Oil prices and social unrest.
The 80's produced a new kind of wealth "Bankers and Traders"
The 90's pretty much ticked along
Then we have the current crash in the early 2000's
Now Britain has a massive debt problem (like most of the world) we have Ol' Liz on the throne, there is no empire and god forbid anyone asks us to fight another war.
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