The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign island nation, located across most of the British Isles in the North Atlantic Ocean northwest of continental Europe. It is a parliamentary monarchy consisting of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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In any case, it's a history-laden and very diverse country, where you'll find everything from sumptuous royal palaces, world-famous galleries and quintessential backwater pubs to rocky coastlines fringed in places by sharp cliffs, wild moors and white-sand beaches. There's simply something for everyone in Britain.