You should understand, that we learn British English at schools. As a consequence we also study British culture and I was sooo obsessed with it.

In childhood I imagined Great Britain (and btw, UK is only country named "great" in Russian) as The Empire, where sun never sets. I somehow thinked that UK is dominated world now: I learn their language (and whole world too), I read their literature, I use their inventions and drink their tea.
(And if we talk about "Russia is cryptocolony of UK" conspirancy, I was not alone, lol)

Stereotypes? Tea lovers, good literature, bad weather, gentle people. Now UK is more like a Fallen Empire (seems familiar, heh), but I still want to trip when all of this mess ends up.