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That is correct. That is because, as EEA citizens resident in the UK, they will have acquired PR under EU law before becoming British citizens. Therefore those dual British/EEA citizens would have two statuses, British citizenship and EU PR. They can then use the latter to sponsor their non-EEA spouses under the EEA route.
Not relevant if the British citizen hasnt lived and exercised treaty rights in another EU state and his spouse has been there with him under the EEA rules.
Not really much time left with Brexit.
Those family members of British citizens who entered the UK relying on the Surinder Singh route before 31 December 2020 will also be eligible to apply under the UK’s settled status scheme.
I believe this is because, at the core, we learned from McCarthy case that the issue depends on whether you have exercised treaty rights in another EU country other than your country of citizenship. And because of this, the answer to your question is likely 'No'.
No, you need to go to any other EU member state of which you are NOT a citizen. You cannot exercise treaty rights in Portugal if you hold Portuguese citizenship.
Beat me to type it!