Aristocratic Siblings With Benefits

Almost Royal is the best new thing since butter on sliced bread or should I say biscuits or scones!?  See it served up on the BBC America channel on Saturdays!  Poppy and George Carlton are on a "royal" tour of America -- their recently departed father stipulated in his will he wanted the two to mingle with Americans!  What could possibly go wrong?

For example, Poppy Carlton gets into a disagreement with a bike ride tour director in L.A. that she and her brother ARE very close and they do indeed fall under the title of "friends with benefits." So shut up, I am right dude, do not argue with me.








Yes, Poppy is always right:



And she is right about the two having benefits: friends + brothers & sisters = benefits. It is self-evident that the British are very keen on having to keep the family tree straight?  (Britain is smaller and much older than the United States, so  I suppose it can get complicated.)

George and Poppy Carlton (above) learning about Base-Ball and chewing tobacco and trash talk -- aren't they cute?


This week's installment saw  the sibling duo touring the state of Texas (Saturday, the 28th).  Was that a clashing cultural nightmare?  Not quite as bad as Boston, I suppose, where Georgie gave a speech at the local Tea Party gathering (amidst of course "God Save the Queen" smiling mischievousness). 

Next week?  New York: Where crossing the street is just not perfunctory anymore . . .