[This Is Not Here]

Originally Posted by Glice

but then, if we don't have our strange customs (not just the Queen, the whole of Whitehall) and Britishness then we kind of disappear into the bay of France.

I find it really sad that you attribute Britishness, our national identity and eccentricities too a family who've never experienced this and have precisely nothing to do it being present. I think you'll only realise how brilliant 'Britishness' is when you realise where it really comes from.