The “special relationship” between the the United States and the United Kingdom has always been a bit prickly and competitive in nature.

While citizens of both nations freely devour the cultural contributions of their cousins across the pond, the free exchange of information and ideas seems to do little to foster a mutual admiration.

Brits have a tendency to think of Americans as boorish and unsophisticated, while Americans have been known to dismiss the UK as a nation of elitist snobs.

Both of these stereotypes are unfair, to say the least, but for whatever reason, they’ve endured for centuries.

So when an American actress married into the British Royal Family, perhaps we should have anticipated the chaos that would…



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