Article: please bury me in somerset... John Cleese may have sold his London home to live in America, but he is still proud to be British. Here he explains why he feels let down by Tony Blair, who befriended him, what he loathes about Britain but why he'll come home to die.

Byline: CAROLINE GRAHAM

JOHN CLEESE hit the headlines last week with reports, which he denies, that he has quit Britain because the British have lost their sense of humour.

Here, in an extraordinarily candid interview with CAROLINE GRAHAM, the star of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers reveals the real reasons he decided to swap his [pound]5 million mansion in Holland Park for a three-bedroom beach house in Santa Barbara, talks about his love-hate relationship with California and explains why he won't be giving up his British passport.

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