Not really old bean. I don't know anyone who refers to Americans as Yankees.
I think it's probly a word that came here when you chaps came over in WWII and we have always used it to refer to all Americans. It's possible that some Americans referred to others as Yankees and that became Yanks here.
There's a classic Hancock episode, from decades ago. It makes several references to "The Yanks Are Coming"
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