Editing Spike Milligan (section)

===Nationality===
Milligan was born in the British Empire to an English mother and felt that he was thus entitled to British citizenship, especially after having served in the British Army for six years. When British law related to Commonwealth-born residents (which had given him a secure place in the UK) changed, he applied for a British passport in 1960. The application was refused, partly because he would not swear an [[Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom)|Oath of Allegiance]]. Through his Irish father, he avoided [[statelessness]] by becoming an Irish citizen in 1962 and remained so for the rest of his life; this status gave him almost the same rights as a British citizen.<ref name="MilliganLegacyShelagh"/><ref name="guardian-bio-review">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/sep/20/featuresreviews.guardianreview10 | title=Nailing Spike | work=The Guardian | access-date=29 April 2013 | location=London | first=Simon | last=Louvish | date=20 September 2003}}</ref><ref name="Milligan_Biography_Fox">{{cite web|title=Spike Milligan Biography|url=http://www.foxclassics.com.au/featured/stars/details.aspx?s=695|website=Fox Classics Television (Australia)|publisher=FOXTEL Management Pty Limited|access-date=23 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123094157/http://www.foxclassics.com.au/featured/stars/details.aspx?s=695|archive-date=23 November 2015}}</ref>