If by "seriously awesome" you mean "a shameless, dimwitted and, for Christ sake even more reactionary than bloody Kipling knock off of Kim", you are right!

Except the Crimean war. And the First Sikh war. And the second Sikh war, and the Indian Mutiny. And the Napoleonic wars. And the War of 1812. And the Opium wars. I assume what your friend means is "the first time the British fought white people", which is still balls and has the added fillip of some casual…

Actually (and I can't believe I remember this shit) they always wanted her to smoke and drink but the WB wouldn't let them because she was under age.