An overwhelming article does not answer my question: why perhaps since Elizabeth I England was not officially an empire and its head of state an emperor/empress? I mean, it is said that the British Empire has always been a colonial one (I remember that Victoria, for example, was called Empress of India, but Queen of England), but was never officially called empire? Simply tradition?

Does anyone know why the English stuck to kingdom as an official form of state, even though they were de facto an empire? For example, after Prussia completed the German unification, its king had no problem proclaiming the German Empire and himself as an emperor as the new form of state.

An overwhelming article does not answer my question: Why perhaps since Elizabeth I was England not officially an empire and its head of state an emperor/empress?

I mean, it is said that the British Empire has always been a colonial one (I remember that Victoria, for example, was called Empress of India, but Queen of England), but was never officially called empire? Was this simply tradition?

Does anyone know why the English stuck to kingdom as an official form of state, even though they were de facto an empire?

For example, after Prussia completed the German unification, its king had no problem proclaiming the German Empire and himself as an emperor as the new form of state.

An overwhelming article here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire does not answer my question: why perhaps since Elizabeth I England was not officially an empire and its head of state an emperor/empress? I mean, it is said that the British Empire has always been a collonial one (I remember that Victoria, for example, was called Empress of India, but Queen of England), but was never officially called empire? Simply tradition?

Does anyone know why the English stuck to kingdom as an official form of state, even thouth they were de facto an empire? For example, after Prussia completed the German unification (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_of_Germany), its king had no problem proclaiming the German Empire and himself as an emperor as the new form of state.

An overwhelming article does not answer my question: why perhaps since Elizabeth I England was not officially an empire and its head of state an emperor/empress? I mean, it is said that the British Empire has always been a colonial one (I remember that Victoria, for example, was called Empress of India, but Queen of England), but was never officially called empire? Simply tradition?

Does anyone know why the English stuck to kingdom as an official form of state, even though they were de facto an empire? For example, after Prussia completed the German unification, its king had no problem proclaiming the German Empire and himself as an emperor as the new form of state.