The GBPUSD exchange rate was $1.4500 per pound on June 10, 2021.  The GBPUSD exchange rate today is $1.2500 per pound. In the past 12 months, has the value of the British pound (relative to the U.S. dollar) increased in value, decreased in value, or remained the same?

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