Well there’s football superstar David Beckham for one. Beckham who is a Unicef Goodwill ambassador visited the Philippines to give comfort to survivors of typhoon Yolanda, the country’s deadliest ever typhoon. This is his second visit to the country three months after the storm hit.

But heck, we share part of the greatness in Phil and James Younghusband who are Fil-Brits. You may be surprised to know that the British nomination for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars was a film made here in the Philippines by a British director with Filipino actors. That film, “Metro Manila,” is in Tagalog, and it has already won three awards at a British film festival. It goes to show what British creativity and Filipino talent can accomplish together and it illustrates the potential that there is in our relationship.

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