The Normans were the descendants of Vikings that had invaded "France" a few generations earlier. So its not like the the Brits are proud of there "French" ancestry. The real French could barely invade Lichtenstein.
They (The Vikings led by Rollo,) founded the Duchy of Normandy, after forcing a peace-settlement with France, which ceded the lands to the Normans who WERE Normans and not French.(in 911, led by the Viking, Rolf (Rollo, Robert, 1st Duke of Normandy, 2nd great great grandfather of William the Conqueror) \