American naval participation could still bring the future Admiral Ernest King into exercises with the Grand Fleet. Historically, Beatty left King with a poor impression, including ending an exercise when events were going against him. Sturdee was less driven by ego and more willing to let an unfavorable exercise continue for its training value. That difference could affect King's view of Royal Navy professionalism and later Anglo-American relations. Command culture can travel through personal experience into future alliance behaviour, though this consequence remains conditional.
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A different Grand Fleet could change Admiral King's impression
If the war follows its historical submarine path, Ernest King's experience with a Sturdee-led Grand Fleet could produce a different Anglo-American naval relationship.