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Two key things ... lighting ... and composition.First, note how carefully the composition has been designed. This isn't a random lineup of the family. The children arranged left to right, the elegant triangles within triangle arrangement of faces, and evoking a natural appearance of light falling through the window are deliberate elements of the composition.  The photo 'reads' mostly left to right.  Leibowitz could have place one of the taller children on the right, but didn't, perhaps because the lighting would have appeared less natural or she wanted the more asymmetrical 'read' to the image. The main lines of the image draw your eye to the main subjects: the Queen, of course, but notice how the future King, Prince George, occupies a very strong position in the overall image.  If you didn't know which one was Prince George, the photograph literally points to him with the major lines in the composition and the positioning of everyone else. The Queen and future King clearly command the photograph, everyone else is subordinate.Typical of environmental portraits showing subjects in context, the image shows very deep depth of field. Even the distant background on the right and in the mirror reflections are clear. This gives a timeless, painterly quality  that seems to be the overall ethos of the image, a modern interpretation of a classic oil painting. (Keep this in mind, all those tyros out there who insist on a absurdly shallow depth of field for portraits!).Then the lighting!In the particular case of this family portrait, there's obviously a large soft light to the upper left of the camera .. you can see the shadow of the lamp on the wall, and on the left side of the faces.  The mirror, however, appears to be opposite another mirror to get the repeated reflection, but there is no hint of lighting stands or equipment.  The triangular patch of light under the eyes on the shadow side of the face is characteristic of 'Rembrandt lighting', where you use a reflector or soft fill about mid height coming from the right side of the camera.  Getting the balance right gives a 'chiaroscuro' that adds depth and a three-dimensional quality to the image.  There was a lot of care given to making this lighting seem completely natural, as if was coming from the window on the left. (Most likely that window was closed off for the shoot, or balanced with filters on the window, to control color balance across the whole scene.)Here's an example of an Annie Leibowitz lighting design for a somewhat different purpose ...with Annie at work ...Notice the small army of assistants and the not-so-small fortune in lighting equipment.  The difference between top pros and mere mortals is in the sophistication and use of lighting, whether in natural settings or in highly controlled studios.For a bit of perspective on what its like to work with Annie, see this marvelous blog posting (Confessions of a Mad Photo Assistant) where these images came from.Jeff

I’m answering this after the Duchess of Sussex gave birth to Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The little tyke has no title because his parents decided against this, for now. When Prince Charles becomes King, Archie will become a prince. That being said, here’s my answer:It isn’t important to me the way the birth of my grandson was. Not like watching my children graduate from college. Not like marrying my husband. Not like sharing a sunset with that husband years later. Not like getting to see one of my good friends. Not like having my mom and dad visit for a few fun-filled days.But I am interested.There’s a world of difference between important and interested. I follow the British Royal Family as a hobby. I enjoy seeing them attend galas and dinners dressed up and bejeweled, because that is a world open to me only through pictures and reading about it. I get a glimpse through a window into their world, but I am only permitted (usually) to see into their world as they choose me to view it.We all see the good. Some sad funerals. Many wondrous days such as weddings and christenings. I enjoyed seeing the pictures of Princess Charlotte very much! Why? Because she is a cute little girl growing up in a family where one day her daddy will be the King. Most little girls can’t say that, so its good fun for me.Regarding Baby Sussex, now known as Archie Harrison, I enjoyed seeing him in his daddy’s arms, sleeping away as the world watched him. I was interested in seeing Meghan with her baby, because a momma goes through nine months or work and brings a beautiful son (in this case) into our world. There is nothing happier than seeing the look of pure joy on the blessed parents’ faces. I was interested in seeing that.The day Archie was presented to the press and therefore the world, I was traveling via plane, so I wasn’t aware of the news of the day. A man from the conference found me (knowing how much I like the royal family) and said, “They named him Archie!” We discussed that in the airport, and other people we didn’t know joined into the conversation about the little lad’s name. That made the day more fun! Pleasant. As we discussed why they chose the name Archie, I realized my interest in that family extended to many other people and it made me smile We were interested in Baby Sussex.The pictures of Charlotte and Archie are so fun! I enjoy this royal family very much. I am completely interested in them. Not in an obsessed way. I can go days without thinking about them. I have my own family to think about. But I am interested in their world. I went to see Diana’s dresses at a museum with friends and we oohed and aahed over them. She wore those actual dresses. So fascinating! But important? No.Important days are reserved for the death of the Monarch. That will be tragic and sad. Seeing Prince Charles ascend the Throne will be important. Those things affect the world. They are played out on the world stage. Prince George being born was important because we were introduced to a future king of the U.K. and other Commonwealth realms. That’s important to me like watching who the people in the U.S. voted for president.There is a world of difference between important and interested.Thanks for the A2A S Zulman!

No doubt the same as every other occasion of a gay King; a heterosexual marriage for the purpose of producing an heir only, while he enjoys the “company of male friends” on the side.There have already been several kings known (or rumoured) to have been homosexual.William “Rufus” II - he is the only one who never married.Richard the Lionheart - Rumoured to have had an affair with King Phillip of France (before going to war against him)Edward II - who was openly gay and allegedly murdered by having a red hot poker shoved up his backside.Richard II - deposed for reasons of sodomy.James I - likely bisexual. It was famously said that “Elizabeth was King, now James is Queen”. His most notable lover was the Duke of Buckingham, but he also had affairs with women too.William of Orange - who was alleged to have taken male lovers after the death of his wife Mary. He had no heir and Mary’s sister Anne was next in line for the throne; she said that she wasn’t worried about William marrying again and producing an heir because “his heart be not for women”.Queen Anne - yes, the same Anne, also likely bisexual. She had a long relationship with her lady-in-waiting but was also devoted to her husband.

Yes. She had horrific treatment that many Britons like to pretend didn’t happen. Some have even gone on record lying about how perfect she was when Will met her. They accused and ridiculed her and her mother for stalking and chasing William, claiming Carole began training Kate to ensnare Will when she was in boarding schools. Then they said Kate was set to go to another school until she found where William was going and Carole and she decided go there to study the same discipline as Will. Then she would be in his circle. Then there was the deliberate pose to wear the see through dress, even down to how she walked to entice him. Then came the sleeping together part. They claimed she was unsavory because she wasn’t a virgin like Diana, that no self-respecting girl would do that and think she can marry a future king. She never allowed him to meet other girls, they said, dominated his time, but enticed him into living together. They said William should date some one of his own class, that her family were low-bred social climbers, commoners, that she didn’t know how to speak, carry a conversation, dress and she was trying to manipulate Will into meeting the Queen. Then there was the family drama. Kate has an uncle that rivals the Markles. He is Carole's brother, a raving alcoholic, brawler, wife beater, arrested several times, dragged his wife down the street by her hair and so on, except the things about the uncle is really true. It’s been kept well under wraps. He had to be babysat at both weddings and Pippa almost didn’t invite him to hers. Anyway, to them this was even more proof of her unsuitability (forgetting the ‘anis horriblis’ year . Kate, as any young woman would, tried to dress like royals for approval, except it came off as tweedy and dowdy and she was ridiculed. And when she wore what she usually wore (she looked beautiful) she was dressing slutty, showing her navel, tight jeans. shirt tops showing midriff, etc. Will invited her to high society parties but often she was left to fend for herself while Will dancedwith his high society girl friends, leaving her to be insulted by some of these inbred aristocrats. He broke up with her because he was convinced by them that he should date in his own class. Instead of disolving (and she was devastatingly hurt because the press were playing up the suitability of these girls and making Kate a virtual tramp) she took off on her own, dated others. They thought she was good for a fling but not marriage, not the mother of a future king. I guess Will didn’t think she’d go off like that because it brought him to heel. Eventually they were back on and engaged. Press lambasted her as embarrassing the Queen, was disliked by the RF, trying to talk posh, etc. even after the wedding it continued. She didn’t know how to dress, talk, act like a royal. Then there was also the roasting of her “crazy social climbing mother”, Will was spending too much time with them ( taking him from them) and Carole was using that to rope him in. By this time, the poor girl was so traumatized by these attacks, it took her a full year before she could make a public appearance and say anything. She wasn’t Meghan. Meghan came in a mature woman, self-made, independent, could speak in front of Parliament with no problem and no notes. Kate has led a quieter life without doing those things and yet they expected her to be erudite, poised and confident and when she wasn’t, they really stuck it to her. Then came the lazy part. The poor girl was trying to learn what she needed, but was constantly reminded an aristocrat would know. Will wanted out!! They claimed. He realized his mistake. Then she got pregnant. A commoner bearing a future king????!!! Nooooo!!! Some questioned the baby’s existence, claiming she was using a fake pregnancy to keep Will because they didn’t see her. And when they didn’t see her, the fake pregnancy went into overdrive. She was hiding from shame. They even claim her active sex life before Will kept her from getting pregnant ( she hadn’t had many boyfriends at all. Only a couple serious ones). Meanwhile, the poor woman was at home, puking her guts out with morning sickness, which they initially didn’t believe because they didn’t know what it was. These accusations were published in tabloid magazines all over the world, just as they are with the DoS, except the DoS is quite capable of telling them where they can go, do not respond to their jibbing no matter how bad they are. It was Kate who advised her not to read the tabloids. The taunting of Kate slowed down some but they were still taunting her until Meghan came on the scene. Ohhhh!! The hounds scented fresh meat!!! Not just another commoner but a bi-racial one too!! Suddenly, they started praising Kate as the perfect Duchess, our beautiful future Queen. Maybe be she will be, but she’s not crazy to believe them to be deceived by them. They are yet again using her to try to beat down the DoS, except they are even more frustrated because Meghan refuses to play their games, so currently, they have lambasted her all over the world. They said they would except people don’t forget, at least people with sense. They remember what they did to Kate and their campaign against the DoS is backfiring on them. Yes, I felt horribly angry, sad, appalled, and ashamed for what they did to Kate and they’re going to do it again. I don’t want that woman to go thru that hell. When I talk about Kate being Queen Consort with no royal powers , I am not trying to demean her position. It’s just she won’t be a ruling Queen, a co-ruler, and nothing will be expected of her except for what she's doing now, raising the heir’s children and supporting him. There really are no other duties other than to support William, but when the public sees that much haven’t changed and they think she is a Queen Regnant like Queen E and should do the things she did, they’re going to start again on her. Prince Albert had a hard time finding meaningful things besides getting Queen Victoria pregnant. Prince Phillip tried too. They both used force have some relevancy besides being Prince Consorts. I hope Kate can too, that she will find some things dear and near to her heart that she can be passionate about other than her children, who won’t need her as much. The Queen mother had war-torn England to attend to, but after her husband’s death and she became Queen mother, her activities fell off too. Katherine needs to start now looking at the possible things she can do to make her life relevant for herself. That’s why, though they may not be yet, Meghan is going to play a big role in helping Kate find that passionate place in her, encourage it, and it will be something that benefits England.

I live in Germany. I got an invite to the Quora partner program the day I landed in USA for a business trip. So from what I understand, irrespective of the number of views on your answers, there is some additional eligibility criteria for you to even get an email invite.If you read the terms of service, point 1 states:Eligibility. You must be located in the United States to participate in this Program. If you are a Quora employee, you are eligible to participate and earn up to a maximum of $200 USD a month. You also agree to be bound by the Platform Terms (https://www.quora.com/about/tos) as a condition of participation.Again, if you check the FAQ section:How can other people I know .participate?The program is invite-only at this time, but we intend to open it up to more people as time goes on.So my guess is that Quora is currently targeting people based out of USA, who are active on Quora, may or may not be answering questions frequently ( I have not answered questions frequently in the past year or so) and have a certain number of consistent answer views.Edit 1: Thanks to @Anita Scotch, I got to know that the Quora partner program is now available for other countries too. Copying Anuta’s comment here:If you reside in one of the Countries, The Quora Partner Program is active in, you are eligible to participate in the program.” ( I read more will be added, at some point, but here are the countries, currently eligible at this writing,) U.S., Japan, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Australia.11/14/2018Edit 2 : Here is the latest list of countries with 3 new additions eligible for the Quora Partner program:U.S., Japan, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, India and Brazil.Thanks to Monoswita Rez for informing me about this update.

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I’m going to focus my response ONLY on the Social Aspects of being an American in England, because this question specifically asks about the pros and cons of being a Single, American, woman in England - so it isn’t asking about salary, or health care, or food...I have been both a single American woman in England, and a married American woman in England. I am a dual national, born in America, and I have lived in England twice, each time for five years. That being said, I am very, very much a New Yorker in accent, and personality!The first thing you need to understand is that London is not all of England, and for the most part, even though I travelled extensively all over the UK, and I have lived in a few other areas of England, my answer is going to be focused mostly on London, because that was MOSTLY where I lived - that being said, socializing, as an American woman in London, is not that much different than socializing as an American woman in Liverpool, or Brighton - the defining trait is that you are an American woman, and they are not Americans. And, even though you can and will meet people in England who come from all over the planet, I am going to specifically focus on the social differences between the English and the Americans - of which there are MANY.Before I begin, I also want to acknowledge that I will be generalizing about both the Americans and the English, and I want to state this clearly: One nationality is NOT inherently ‘better’ than the other! Just different.Because of your accent, English people will ask you if you’re Canadian. They won’t ask you if you’re American. They don’t want to unintentionally insult a Canadian by assuming that they are American! This is because: Being a Canadian is considered, by the English, to be ‘not as bad’ as being an American is! Ask a Canadian in England to confirm and/or explain it, in private. They’ll do it, because they’re super nice. :-)Oh, and because this is a work transfer, without going into England’s complicated classism specifics, let’s just say that you’ll mostly be interacting with people who are ‘middle class’.OK, here we go…AWESOME!!!!!!!!OK… So, you know how, in America, when we like something, we say it is ‘Awesome’?English people don’t do that. They are more likely to say something much more understated like, ‘Quite nice’ or ‘Not bad’, so when we say everything is ‘Awesome’, we seem to be totally over the top to them. They are much more understated than Americans are!The English don’t ‘fist-pump’ and ‘high-five’ for everything, the way many Americans do. Silently raising your hand to ‘high-five’ an English person means that you're an American who is being way too loud.And, English people very, very much dislike loud people, even though English people ARE loud! They think that they're not loud, but they absolutely are, especially when they're drunk, which is often… but, we will get to that later... Basically, English people very much dislike when non-English people are loud, and if you are not English, you are often automatically assumed to be loud, even if you are being totally silent. In England, smiling too big and too much is considered as be being ‘Too Loud’. In England, smiling too big and too much, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NOT ENGLISH, is considered as be being ‘WAY Too Loud’!The American propensity for extreme enthusiasm is often received by English people with a bit of horror… It is actually considered sort of ‘Tacky’ there. It will often be received as childlike, or even idiotic.Now, this isn’t to say that English people do not get excited about things… They do… But, they express it very, very differently than Americans do. They are more reserved.The English basically express extreme enthusiasm, or any big feelings that they are having, by make themselves a cup of tea. I’m not joking.When an English person wins billions in a lottery, they put on the kettle.When an English person’s family Labrador dies, they put on the kettle.When an English person is bored, they put on the kettle.If an English person asks you how your day was, ‘Awesome’ and for that matter, also ‘Horrible’, will always be the wrong answers, regardless of what happened.2. FUCK YOU!!!!The English are also usually much more reserved with their anger. I’m from NYC, and if someone makes me angry, I am often going to say, ‘Fuck you’, right to their face. The English, by and large, do not do things that way. An angry English colleague used to express her extreme frustration at work by signing off her emails with ‘regards’, rather than with ‘warmest regards’. An American wouldn't even notice something so tiny and vague, but you better believe that the English notice it! So, again, much more understated. An English person will also tell you to fuck off by not offering you a cup of tea. Very, very understated. When you hear them ‘tut tut’ about you, you're in serious trouble. But, you likely won’t hear it, because it is most often done behind your back!3. BECAUSE YOU ARE A YANK.A lot of your personality and behavior, thoughts and opinions, and likes and dislikes, will be coined NOT as you, the individual, but as you ‘just being an American’. If you dislike a specific food, it is because you are an American. If you like a certain film, it is because you are an American. You will become an American first, and the person you are, secondly. This absolutely isn’t something that is relegated only to Americans in England, and the same thing often happens to English people in France, or German people in Italy, and so on… but it is something that you will have to constantly contend with, and it can get annoying. And, the English have no problem ‘taking the piss’ out of you for your nationality of origin. Here is the thing: If you do it back to them, they often get very offended. Especially if you do it well, like I do. The English will also badly imitate your accent. Do not do it back to them. Trust me on this.4. AMERICANS HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR.The English have a sense of humor that is often experienced, by Americans, as ‘mean spirited’. Now, coming from NYC, if I meet someone and within ten minutes they're saying things to me like, ‘You don’t order the right drinks, because you're a stupid Yank’, I’m gonna get angry. Where I come from, if you don’t know me really well, you’d better not talk to me like that! In NYC, we do have a very biting sense of humor, but not with total strangers, ever! In England, they say mean things to people who they do not even know, and they call that ‘Just Banter’ - but, here is the thing: Sometimes, they are very much, intentionally, insulting you, but if you call them on it, they will say it is ‘just banter’.Sometimes, they are doing it because they have decided that they think that they might actually like you! It is hard for Americans to tell which is which. If you respond with anger, or if you hit them back with an even better, funnier zinger - specifically because you are not English - they do not like that! The English, who are often quite sarcastic, also don’t seem to understand that Americans can also be very sarcastic. Your sarcastic American comments will often be taken literally, and they will be horrified.5. HOW DARE YOU.It is actually extremely easy to make an English person feel deeply and importantly offended. Most of the time, when there is a miscommunication of any kind, their reaction is to feel deeply and importantly offended. They won’t directly tell you that they feel this way! If an English person says, ‘Terrible weather’, and you, the American, say to them, ‘Oh, it’s not so bad’, they will quite possibly feel offended. The polite response, by English standards, is to agree with them. I once said said that I dislike rhubarb, and I thought I was going to be beheaded. They received that statement as me saying that America is better than England!Of course, if an English person says ‘terrible weather’ and a foreigner AGREES, you’ve just insulted their country’s weather… So, I’d suggest a silent smile and a nod.A lot of English people feel that someone of another nationality disagreeing with them about anything, or disliking something that they culturally adore, is your way of ‘secretly’ saying that their country is horrid - and this is simply because they are so indirect when they deliver their own serious insults, as a culture - they project that trait onto other cultures. If that same exchange occurred between two English people, there is much less of a chance that anyone will feel deeply and importantly offended by it - but they might. To be fair, this English weirdness extends to the French, Italians, Germans, and anyone else who is not English, and as I said, even sometimes to other English people - but it is extended MORE often to foreigners. Many people will say that this is based upon their ego, but I see it more as a general neurosis that runs through their culture. I like to think of the English as ‘extremely sensitive’ and almost a bit paranoid, and somewhat socially awkward, rather than egomaniacal. As a culture, they have a lot less of the blatant bullishness and obliviousness than Americans have. They are more genteel and gentle, and a bit hyperaware. They simply have much more of an awareness as to what others may or may not be thinking of them, than Americans do!6. NOT THE DONE THING.In England, just like in every other country on earth, they have social rules. Their social rules are sometimes very different from another country’s social rules, but that doesn't make them wrong! Just like in other countries, if you break the social rules, you will suffer negative social repercussions. I strongly suggest reading the book ‘Watching the English’, by Kate Fox. The English have a lot of social rules that Americans do not have. For example: ‘Yes, thank you’ is always the answer to ‘Would you like a cup of tea’, and it is actually quite a big deal if you get that wrong, because… Well, see number 5. In England, being outwardly ‘polite’ is a rule… In England, making casual chitchat with a total stranger is not always considered polite behavior, whereas in America, this is most often totally acceptable. In England, it is more often considered polite to leave people alone. So, what is and isn’t considered ‘polite’ in America is not the same as what is and isn’t considered ‘polite’ in England, and you’ll do well to learn their rules, and be polite enough to abide by them, while you are residing in their country!7. WHAT IS LEFT UNSAID, IS OFTEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT IS SAID.Basically, they won’t tell you what their English rules are. And, it is not polite to directly ask them! Many people could not even articulate them if they tried, because they are just so ingrained in their culture. As I have already mentioned: When you mess up, it will simply be ‘regards’ rather than ‘warmest regards’, and as an American, you probably won’t have any idea of what is actually going on. The English are much less direct than Americans are, and they like it that way. Your American Directness is not going to be received well. For example, if I don’t agree with a plan, as an American, and especially as a New Yorker, I would say, ‘No, that isn’t a good plan, because…’ and in England, you have just been quite rude! In England, if they do not agree with a plan, they are more likely to say something along the lines of, ‘Well, I suppose that would be one way to do it…’ and you will notice that what they have NOT said is ‘No’. The ‘no’ was left UNSAID. I must admit, I will always struggle with this, because I’m not a mind reader, and to my NYC-American ear, it is overly subtle. I’m not psychic. Sometimes, I wanted to scream: ‘JUST SAY IT FOR FUCK SAKE!!!!’ You also cannot do THAT in England… You must leave that Unsaid!In England, being indirect is synonymous with being tactful, and being direct is synonymous with being crass.8. MEET AT THE PUB.If you drink alcohol, your social life with be a lot more fun in England than if you don’t, because most people meet at the pub, and they tend to drink a lot. At all of my jobs in England, which were all in different fields, people regularly drank on their lunch breaks, and went to the pub together after work - and, not just on Friday - it was pretty much an every day thing. We don’t do that as much in America. At many of my jobs in England, we even casually had beers in the office, for meetings. We don’t do that so much, if at all, in America. It is a heavy drinking culture, in England. People in London drink much, much more than people in NYC, and I didn't think that was even humanly possible! When you are asked out for a date, it will likely always include alcohol, and it will often be a meetup in a pub. People can get literally ‘falling down drunk’ in England, and they often do, and it is not at all considered socially unacceptable. All over England, outside of pubs and clubs, every weekend, you will hear extremely drunk English people screaming (very loudly!), and you will even see them vomiting in the streets, and as long as they don’t drive, it is generally and seemingly, for the most part, not considered a problem! And, although it is mostly drunk young English people, it is far from only the young English people who do it! Drinking alcohol is the English national pastime. Sure, maybe a date will ask you to the movies, but even that could involve alcohol, because in England, they even sell beer at the movie theaters! In England, socializing = alcohol.9. YES, ALL AMERICANS.In England - and in plenty of other countries for that matter - you will constantly be told who, what and how, All Americans Are. Even by people who have never been to America, or have only been to Disney in California, once, at age nine! Everyone outside of America is an expert on all of America. It can be at best annoying and tiring, and at worst, downright offensive. The English (the world?) have a love / hate relationship to America. So do I, so I cannot say that I blame them very much! But, it can get on my nerves. Also, the English are obsessed with class, and class is very different there, than it is in America, and as an American, you will automatically be considered ‘lower class’ than they are - the degree by which you are ‘lower class’ will vary, but you will always still be fundamentally of a lower class than they are, just by virtue of being from America! People often speak in absolutes, and English people often make a lot of generalizations about America and Americans - JUST LIKE I AM DOING IN THIS RESPONSE, ABOUT ENGLAND, AND THE ENGLISH - so you just have to know that this is going to happen, and deal with it the best you can.Just remember this: It also happens in reverse. My English husband is constantly asked by Americans what his favorite football team is, because Americans think that all English people love football. In England, they often say things that are massive generalization about Americans relating to things like guns, and racism, and about our global ignorance, rather than something as innocuous as sports, so it can be more upsetting. You can get angry, or you can try to have an intelligent conversation with them about it - which might end up with you being even more angry - or you can just let it go. See number 5 (How Dare You).10. FREE TO BE YOU AND ME, BECAUSE WE ARE TOLERANT.Tolerance of other’s ways is not the same as Embracing the ways of others, and ‘Free to be you and me’ actually means: ‘Not The Done Thing’. Please see numbers 1–9, and especially 5, 6 & 7, for more of an explanation of what this REALLY means, socially, in England, and what you should or should not do and/or say, about it, because… The moment an English person says to anyone, but especially to an American, ‘Free to be you and me’, the truth is, you should just shut the bloody hell up! Just stop talking. They disagree with you, and you have offended them, so they no longer what to discuss it.‘Free to be you and me’ is actually English for ‘Fuck you’. It sounds so much nicer! Personally, I really, really like it. But, it isn’t them being nice.Lastly… I want you to know that I absolutely love England, and I totally love the English, for many, many reasons, and even for the many things that I have listed IN this post!If you date men, you will find that Englishmen are quite different from American men… By leaps and bounds, and for so many reasons, I much prefer English men, to American men. Which is a good thing for me, because I am happily married to the best Englishman on this planet! He is quirky, and super different from me, and he is very, very English, and I love that, and more, about him!It can be hard to become close to English people, as they tend to be a very slow burn compared to Americans, but I can promise you this… The English, once you're are in with them, are incredibly LOYAL and conscientious people.Take your time with them, drink the tea, and the alcohol, get to know them, try to be more aware of the potential feelings of others, let the initial cultural misunderstandings slide, try not to take everything personally, let them get to know you, as you, over time, and eventually, everything will be lovely jubbly!Oh, I almost forgot… You might want to keep in mind that one of the most common stereotype of American women, pretty much across the globe, is that American women are all SLUTS!With that in mind, you needn't worry about your dating calendar EVER being empty!Your ‘Single American Woman’ dance card will ALWAYS be full.(Before you kick off at me, my lovely English reader, please be reminded that I did say that I was generalizing about the English, and that I love England, and the English, so you have no need to be deeply and importantly offended by anything that I have written! But if you want to be angry anyway, because it’s ‘the done thing’, all I have to say to you is: “Aww, bless! Free to be you and me! Regards, Lara”)