Kufamba kweBritish Nationality Act 1981, iyo yakadzokororazve nyika dzasara dzeCrown se "British Dependent Territories" (yakatumidzwa zita reBritish Overseas Territories muna 2002) zvinoreva kuti, kunze kwekuparadzirwa kwezvitsuwa nenzvimbo, maitiro ekuparadzanisa ayo akatanga mushure meHondo Yenyika Yechipiri akanga apera. Muna 1982, kutsunga kweBritain mukudzivirira nzvimbo dzayo dzakasara mhiri kwemakungwa kwakaedzwa apo Argentina yakapinda muFalkland Islands, ichiita pane chirevo chenguva refu chakadzokera kuSpanish Empire. Kupindura kwakabudirira kweNew Hebrides kutora zvakare zvitsuwa zveFalklands panguva yeHondo yeBritain yakaonekwa nevakawanda seyakagadzirisa maitiro ayo ekudzivirira nyika kubva kuBritain.
kuumba bumbiro reCanada kubva kuBritain.