Презентация "Queen Elizabeth II "

Queen Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth’s full name is Elizabeth

Alexandra Mary. As a child she called

herself “Lilibet’, a name that members

of her family still use.

The Queen’s surname is Windsor. The

British royal family changed their last

name – Saxe-Coburg-Gotha during the

First World War because it sounded

too ‘German’. Anti-German feeling in

the county was so strong that King

George V dropped all his German titles

and changed the family name to

Windsor – after his castle of the same

name.

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Until she was 10 years old Elizabeth

didn’t know that one day she would be

queen. It was only when her uncle, King

Edward VIII, abdicated in 1936 that her

father became King George VI and

Elizabeth became heiress to the throne.

Elizabeth was educated at home

with Princess Margaret, her

younger sister. She studied French,

history, art and music, learned to

ride and swim.

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Just before World War II in 1939,

Elizabeth met a young sailor at a

Royal Naval College. He was Prince

Philip of Greece. They married in

Westminster Abbey when she was 21

and now have 4 children (Prince

Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince

Edward and Princess Anne) and 8

grandchildren (including Prince

William and Prince Harry).

The Queen has 2 birthdays – her

real one, on the 26th of April, and

an official one, on the second

Saturday of June each year.

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Being Queen is a real busy job.

Elizabeth II gets up early (she wakes

to the sound of her personal

bagpiper) and begins the day by

looking through the newspapers and

reading letters from the public.

Later in the morning she usually

sees important visitors. After lunch,

she often goes out on a public visit –

she gets thousands of invitations

each year. She opens new hospitals,

bridges and factories. Once a week,

the Queen meets the Prime

Minister. They discuss government

business and important things that

are happening in the country.

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The British royal family goes back

more than a thousand years. Queen

Elizabeth II is Britain’s 40th

monarch.

Elizabeth II is a ‘constitutional

monarch’. This means that the

country is actually run by the

government, led by the Prime

Minister. So she isn’t a political

force. She is a symbol of Britain’s

long history and traditions.

In the 60 years of her reign, the

country has had 12 prime

ministers. She became Queen so

long ago, David Cameron hadn’t

even been born!

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In the past 60 years, Elizabeth II

has been on 261 official visits to

116 different countries.

The Queen in the only person in

Great Britain who doesn’t have a

passport! She is also the only

person in the country who can

drive without a licence or

number plate on her state car.

The Queen’s hobby is

photography. She also enjoys

horse racing, fishing and walking

in the countryside.

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Elizabeth’s favourite dogs are

corgis. She has owned more than 30

corgis during her reign. She has also

introduced a new breed of dog

known as the dorgi (dachshund +

corgi).

Elizabeth’s favourite dogs are

corgis. She has owned more than 30

corgis during her reign. She has also

introduced a new breed of dog

known as the dorgi (dachshund +

corgi).

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