> British subjects Virtually nobody is a British subject, we are citizens. There are only two cases where you can be a British subject: if you were born in th

> British subjects Virtually nobody is a British subject, we are citizens. There are only two cases where you can be a British subject: if you were born in the Republic of Ireland before 1949 and claimed British subject status before 1983, or if you were born in a British colony that gained independence but you didn't become a citizen of the new country.