Elmer, you asked: How could you know anything about this compared to Americans who have been to Britain for a few weeks/months or have watched British TV before? My answer: Because I watched BritComs and other shows BEFORE living there/being married to a Brit. The surface-jokes were funny before I knew the depth of the humoUr. :)

Hi Katie - firstly, Houzz has just done a strange thing where it’s forgotten that is Brits are Brits, so it’s chucking us into the US chat - that’s why you’re getting feedback from the states, I think. On your actual curtain pole, the easiest/cheapest solution is a rail, like the one you have, that can be bent to the degree you need. They are quite easy to fit, but might not be the look you want. At the other end of the price spectrum you can get a bespoke pole made. Most curtain makers will be able to make this and fit it. Poles can bend up to 90 degrees. But they are expensive.

UK cream definitions in case you want to follow a UK recipe. Clotted cream The cream is clotted and contains not less than 55 per cent milk fat (w/w). Double cream The cream contains not less than 48 per cent milk fat (w/w). Whipping cream The cream contains not less than 35 per cent milk fat (w/w). Whipped cream The cream contains not less than 35 per cent milk fat (w/w) and has been whipped. Sterilised cream The cream is sterilised cream and contains not less than 23 per cent milk fat (w/w). Cream or single cream The cream is not sterilised cream and contains not less than 18 per cent milk fat(w/w). Sterilised half cream The cream is sterilised cream and contains not less than 12 per cent milk fat (w/w). Half cream The cream is not sterilised cream and contains not less than 12 per cent milk fat (w/w). Sour or Soured cream The cream has been fermented with harmless microorganisms or through acidification. Sweet cream Cream skimmed from the higher butterfat layer of milk before homogenisation. Crème fraiche Sour cream with a milk fat content of not less than 25% (w/w).se https://www.dairyuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FINAL-Compositional-Standards-Cream.pdf ‘not less than’ is important. It’s often higher in good brands.

The characters in Versailles are mostly French and are supposed to be speaking to each other in French. Thus they would have no ‘ foreign‘ accent. I think it would sound ridiculous to have them all putting on Inspector Cluseau voices. Some of the cast are English. Others are Welsh, Scottish, French, Canadian or Swiss. I don’t recall any Americans. Presumably a generic English accent suited them all. I haven't seen Reign.