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As we know it today. There have been no subsequent successful invasions by any subset of the French (Henry Tudor, a Welshman, and Dutch William of Orange in his bloodless "Glorious Revolution" later on landed and overthrew dynasties). Duke William was a French speaking Norman - Viking descent - with military technology and organization much superior to the shield-wall fighting English. Even with that, until the English broke ranks at Hastings and King Harald took an arrow in his eye they were having the better of the battle. It took generations for the Norman rulers to become Englishmen, final act their being kicked out of all their possessions in France. England gained its name and became a unified state under Alfred, Saxon King of Wessex, and his immediate descendants. Hence the other name for the English race, Anglo-Saxons. And "as we know it today" the country's in transition to voluntary dhimmitude.

...agree at the end, they are ‘transitioning’ as we type. But most people still think of the England of 50 years ago...very, very, sad.

Actually there was a successful (in a sense!) invasion of England by the French it was during the civil war called “The Barons War”. It was a war over King John’s refusal to acknowledge the Magna Carta. A future French King - Louis VIII backed the barons, landed with an army to support them and captured London and was crowned king there. He had a fair amount of support. In those days the difference between an Englishman & a Frenchman was mostly location. However he eventually got kicked out. The British don’t like to mention that this little slip up happened.