British Empire still exists?

Question

It is well known that the British Empire ended in 1997 when Hong Kong was given to China. However when I was creating an email account, one of the options for a nationality was British Indian Territory which surley means that it is directly controlled by The British Government. This surley constitutes an empire!

Answer 1

does the british empire still really exist ????? xx

Answer 2

Ok these people are dumb, witch i bet they must be american or something.
The British empire still exists but only by the Royal Blood.

The County's still under British Empire is Britain, Australia and New Zealand.