I always thought BP was French. Considerlng that he was active as a policeman in Manhattan (I guess you must have US citzenship to become a US police agent), we can assume that he might have dual nationality. :confused:

Actually Greg himself was born as an "ashamed" Belgian and flew to Paris as soon as he could to get the French citizenship. However his wettest dream was to become an American citizen (he strongly believed in the "American dream"). Therefore he managed to be sent to US as a representative for Dargaud (he was pretty convinced that America was waiting for him and that he'd become someone BIG there). But he faced resistance and protectionism from his American fellow friends and was forced to move back to France. In this regard, BP embodies everything Greg was dreaming to be (but couldn't quite achieve).

And in the Album 'D'hier et d'aujourd'hui' Barney signed his foreword as an Australian marine too... - That Album is full of histoires courtes! ;-)

Like Frenchauide, I can be mistaken but I think even Greg messed up with Barney's citizenship, too. When I wrote Menace sur le fleuve, I stumbled upon some passages of BP where Barney is described as a Scottish or Irish citizen (don't remember well nor the passages I'm refering to) and some others as an Australian citizen (Soleil rouge,...). It's quite unclear actually. Even for Greg. 😉

So, let's assume he's an Australian citizen with Scottish or Irish descent! 😛

Am I mistaken, or hadn't Greg already used the pitch of some of the short Bernard Prince stories in another context (I may be mistaken, mind you, as I can't seem to remember where I might have got the notion from).

Bob Francval? - Voir: https://hermannhuppen.be/presentation-bernard-prince/ 

In your example, it's the other way around: Greg used a existing pitch to create Bernard Prince. As far as I know, I don't remember cases when a BP short story pitch has been recycled into a new project. But I can be wrong.   

And in the Album 'D'hier et d'aujourd'hui' Barney signed his foreword as an Australian marine too... - That Album is full of histoires courtes! ;-)

Bob Francval? - Voir: https://hermannhuppen.be/presentation-bernard-prince/

A priori, je ne vois pas. Mais je peux aussi me tromper (on l'a vu avec Le prisonnier combien je suis calé en histoires courtes ! 🤣).

(Sinon, tu peux continuer à écrire en français, tu sais) 😜