I dunno if she is a UK citizen, Charmion, but as she has been here since she was 2, has been educated here and trained here in her chosen field, I don't think it matters much :-) As the son of a Polish immigrant who was proud to be accepted as a British citizen I like to think that the British people, for all their faults, do welcome others with open arms.

What tickled me not long ago though was our press reaction to another tennis start - Andy Murray. When he was winning he was British but whenever he lost he regained his native Scottish nationality :-D