We the British in general tolerate the French, without liking them. Rather like a close relative,who is a bit odd, you smile, eat their food, but you can never love them. Close neighbours often have feuds and long term quarrels. The France / Britain animosity has lasted for many hundreds of years, and without bias I can say the French are a jealous race. Language, Politics,world influence,WW 1, WW 2,anything which suggests France is not a World player, and Thierry Henry turning into a Londoner!