An American Goes British

Platinum Jubilee

SG Buckley

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Photo by Mark de Jong on Unsplash

On March 6, 2018 in a town hall in Morden, England, I stood beside my husband and daughter and swore by Almighty God that I would be “faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her Heirs and Successors according to law.” In short, I became a UK citizen.

Afterwards, a group that included Africans, Asians, Middle Easterners, Europeans…

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SG Buckley

Writer, editor, parent. Former staffer at Quartz, WSJ and Inc. magazine.