This multicultural thing is complicated, man!

It was easy when Barack Obama was elected president. Remember? We were all Americans for a moment, and everyone smiled — including those who would never, ever eat at McDonald's — and said "Yes, we can!" Things will be a bit trickier, though, when Prince William becomes the ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Will we open a bottle of whisk(e)y with our Scottish and Irish colleagues on the day Wills is made monarch? Or should we keep quiet? After all, Sean might be a royalist, but he might be a republican; and Morag could be a unionist, but she could be a nationalist. Tricky. The complications of working in a global culture can be seen here, as Mike Dubin and Rob Stern congratulate Saj Pothiawala about Slumdog Millionaire winning eight Oscars "for your people".

That was fun. And it will be fun when Prince William gets his crown, because he'll also be the king of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Oh, and he'll be the duke of Normandy, lord of Mann and paramount chief of Fiji as well. What will we say to our Manx, Canuck, Yardie, Aussie and Kiwi colleagues when that happens?