The British Empire was the most powerful of all empires that ever existed on Earth. And, of course, there are many secrets and mysteries in its history. How did it happen that the state, which at one time looked favorably on the slave trade, eventually led the fight against this very slave trade? Perhaps, not only the struggle for democracy and freedom, but also the economic interests of the “mistress of the seas” caused such a change in priorities? So the fight against the exploitation of the black population by the Boers, proclaimed by Great Britain, helped it seize new colonies in Africa. And the British have Cecil Rhodes, the “Diamond King,” to thank for this. And who was the famous Lawrence of Arabia, who did so much to liberate the Arabs from the yoke of the Ottoman Empire, and at the same time established the dominance of the British Empire in the Middle East?