A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT
It was a once in a lifetime event. After over 40 years living in the U.K. Pierrette was able to obtain British citizenship and keep her own Luxembourg nationality thanks to a fairly recent law which allows dual nationality for Luxembourg and the U.K.. An understanding which came very late between Australia and France. I had wanted to do that when I took out French nationality but as down under was not in the good books of the French all those years ago, I had to renounce my Australian nationality. Today I could have both, but frankly there is no need to as I will not be returning to Ozland to live and the Australian passport is not quite as flexible as our French. In any case, your roots are always with you. The last thing I would deny is that I was born in Australia. The second I open my mouth in French I usually get « oh you’re American » which makes my hair stand up on end. Pierrette has a lovely lilting English. A low voice which rarely shouts or shows signs of impatience or bei