Queen Elizabeth II

Teacher Zhanna A. Kaplina

Queen Elizabeth II

Teacher Zhanna A. Kaplina

Queen Elizabeth’s full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. As a child she called her self ‘Lilibet’ , a name that members or her family still use.

Until she was 10 years old Elizabeth

didn’t know that one day she would be queen. It’s was abdicated in 1936

that her father became King

George VI and Elizabeth became

heiress to the throne.

The Queen’s surname is

Windsor. The British royal

family changed their last name-

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-during the First Word War

because it sounded too

‘German’. Anti-German feeling in the country was so strong that King George V dropped all his

German titles and changet the

family name to Windsor- after his castle of the same

name.

Elizabeth was educated at home with

Princess Margaret, her younger sister.

She studied French ,

history, art and music, learned

to ride and swim.

Just before World War II in 1939, Elizabeth met a young sailor at a Royal Naval College. He was Prince Phillip 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).

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Prince Andrew Prince Edward

The British royal family goes back more than a thousand years. Queen Elizabeth II is Britain’s 40 monarch.

Elizabeth II is a ‘constitutional monarch’. This means 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!

The Queen has 2 birthdays – her real one, on the 26 of April, and an official one, on the second Saturday of

June each year.

Being Queen is a really busy job. Elizabeth II gets up early and begins the day by lookingthrough the use newspapers and reading letters from the public. Later in the morning she usually sees important visitors. After lunch, she often goes out on a week, the Queen meets the Prime a public visit – shegets thousands of Minister. They discuss government business invitations each year.She opens new and important things that are happening in hospitals, bridges and factories. Once the country.

In the past 60 years, Elizabeth II has been on 261 official visits to 116

different countries.

The Queen is 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.

Walking in the countryside.

The Queen has many hats, because she

always wears one when she is out on royal visits. She has worn

more than 5,000 different hats

over the past 60 years.

The Queen speaks French very well and often uses the language during her state visits. She doesn’t

need an interpreter.

The Queen has been given lots unusual

presents during her reign, including animals: jaguars and sloths from

Brazil, black beavers from Canada and an

elephant called Jumbo from Cameroon. They

were given good homes at London Zoo.