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A natural born citizen is not the same as a naturalized citizen. Also, the United States "citizen" is clearly not the same as the British "subject." It is wrong to assume they are equivalent. Ironically, the language of the 14th amendment excluding persons born under another jurisdiction therefore disqualifying them from being President or Vice Presidenti was written to keep Euros and especially Brits from regaining influence within the U.S. government (Akhil Reed Amar, "The U.S. Constitution", 2001: Yale University Press). The term "British subject" has a very restrictive statutory definition in the United Kingdom, and it is wrong to describe a British citizen as a British subject; the concept of a "subject" is still recognised by British law, and the terms "Queen's subjects", "Her Majesty's subjects", etc., continue to be used in British legal discourse. The term "United Kingdom national" equivalent to "British national", is used differently in various statutes, but commonly means British citizens, British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British Nationals (Overseas), (and usually) British subjects as defined in the 1981 Act. US citizens are not US natual born citizens and US natural born citizens cannot be born with birth rights to foreign countries. In order to cover the various classes of British nationals, the following wording is currently used to distinguish citizen and subject in drafting legislation: (a) a British citizen, a British Overseas Territories citizen or a British Overseas citizen; or (b) a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject; or (c) a British protected person (within the meaning of that Act).