The king, a genial Anglophile who went to Sandhurst, is appalled and slightly baffled by events.

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The crust of a pasty encircles the meat, a kind of Anglophile burrito.

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Nattress, who lives in Snohomish, Washington state, believes US Janeism is an expression of a persistent Anglophile streak in American society.

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Mr Salmond calls himself the most Anglophile figure in Scottish politics.

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An anglophile and a member of the American special forces, he visited the headquarters of the SAS in Hereford and often praised its way of doing things.

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Although not everybody's cup of tea (on a bad day, the service can be as churlish as any greasy-spoon in Barnsley, circa 1972), its products and style are said to be enjoyed by Anglophile masochists such as Quentin Tarantino.

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But he is little known in France and what is known about him, as a Protestant from Hanover, in Germany's north, and as a reputed Anglophile, makes him seem worryingly different from Mr Kohl, a Catholic Francophile from the nearby Rhineland.

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