Achievements of the British Queen Подготовили: ученицы 9-А класса МОУ «Бендерской Средней Образовательной школы №15» Боклач Марина и Иванова Анна Руководитель: Гайдаржи Алёна Юрьевна

Queen’s role

The Queen carries out a great many important tasks on behalf of the nation.

Head of state As Head of State, the Queen goes on official State visits abroad. She also invites other world leaders to come to the United Kingdom. During their visit, Heads of State usually stay at Buckingham Palace, or sometimes at Windsor Castle or Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.

Head of the Armed Forces The Queen is also the Head of the Armed Forces. She is the only person who can declare when the country is at war and when war is over, although she must take advice from her government first.

Head of the Church of England The Queen is Head of the Church of England - a position that all British monarchs have held since it was founded by Henry VIII in the 1530s. The Queen appoints archbishops and bishops on the advice of the Prime Minister. The spiritual leader of the Church of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Government Duties Every day 'red boxes' are delivered to the Queen's desk full of documents and reports from the government ministers and Commonwealth officials. They must all be read and, if necessary, signed by the Queen.

Represents the Nation The Queen represents the nation at times of great celebration or sorrow. One example of this is Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph monument in Whitehall. The Queen lays a wreath there each year to honour the members of the armed forces who have died fighting for their country.

Royal Garden Parties At least three Royal Garden Parties are held at Buckingham Palace each year and about 8,000 guests attend each one.

Visits Alongside her other duties the Queen spends a huge amount of time travelling around the country visiting hospitals, schools, factories and other places and organisations.

Interesting Facts about the Queen

The Queen is the fifth longest serving British monarch

Only four other kings and queens in British history have reigned for 54 years or more. These are: Queen Victoria (63 years)

King George III (59 years)

James VI of Scotland, , James I of England (58 years)

King Henry III (56 years)

Every Tuesday the Queen is visited by the Prime Minister As Head of State, The Queen maintains close contact with the Prime Minister, with whom she has a weekly audience when she is in London. Over the reign, Her Majesty has given regular Tuesday evening audiences to 10 Prime Ministers.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have been married for 60 years. They were married on 20 November 1947 in Westminster Abbey. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are both great, great grandchildren of Queen Victoria.

The Queen sends a telegraph to people who reach the grand age of 100 years The Queen has sent 100,000 telegrams to centenarians in the UK and the Commonwealth.

The Queen sends a telegraph to couples celebrating their diamond wedding aniversary. The Queen has sent more than 280,000 telegrams to couples in the UK and the Commonwealth celebrating their diamond wedding (60 years) anniversary.

The Queen has two birthdays The Queen's real birthday is on 21 April and the date is a private celebration. The Queen's public birthday is celebrated in June with Trooping of the Colours.

Every year the Queen opens Parliament The Queen has opened Parliament every year except 1959 and 1963, when she was expecting Prince Andrew and Prince Edward respectively.

The Queen favourite pet are her Corgis The Queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign, starting with Susan who was a present for her 18th birthday in A good proportion of these have been direct descendants from Susan. Her Majesty currently has five corgis - Monty, Willow, Holly, Emma and Linnet.

The Queen has 9 Royal Thrones One at the House of Lords, two at Westminster Abbey, and six in the throne room at Buckingham Palace.

Things The Queen was first to do

In 1953–54 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II became the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe on a six month around-the-world tour with H.R.H Prince Philip also becoming the first to visit Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

Queen Elizabeth II is the first monarch to send her children to boarding schools in order to remove them from the ever-probing media.

Queen Elizabeth II was the first, and so far only, female member of the royal family to actually serve in the armed forces, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks.

Queen Elizabeth II was the first British monarch since the Act of Union, in 1801, to be out of the country at the moment of succession, and also the first in modern times not to know the exact time of her accession (because George VI had died in his sleep at an unknown time). She was in Kenya.

Buckingham Palace was opened to the public for the first time Queen Elizabeth II was the first British Monarch to visit China when she visited in 1986.

Who will be the next King or Queen?

Tony Blair

Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales

Prince Charles is presently heir (next in line) to the British throne. He will not become king until his mother, Queen Elizabeth, abdicates (gives up the throne), retires or dies. When either of these happen, Prince Charles may abdicate and pass the throne to his eldest son Prince William.

What is the title of the heir to the British throne? The heir to the throne is always called the Prince of Wales. The title was introduced by King Edward l in 1301, after the conquest of Wales.

If the eldest child of the monarch is female, will she become heir to the throne? Yes, if she does not have any brothers. No, if she has a brother. In Britain the crown was normally passed from monarch to eldest son. As King George VI had no son, it passed to his elder daughter, now Queen Elizabeth II. If a monarch had sons, they took precedence over daughters: thus, although HR The Princess Royal is older than her brothers HRH The Duke of York and HRH The Earl of Wessex, they (and their children) precede her in the order of succession.

From 2013, this all changes. Now the oldest child in herit the throne regardless of being a daughter or a son. This means that if William and Kate had had a daughter she would have inherited the throne even if she had a younger brother.

The current Royal Line of Succession is: 1. HRH The Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales (1948), eldest son of HM Queen Elizabeth II 2.HRH Prince William of Wales (1982), elder son of HRH The Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales 3.Prince George of Cambridge (b 2013), son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge 4.HRH Prince Henry of Wales (popularly referred to as Prince Harry), (1984), younger son of HRH The Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales 5.HRH The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York (1960), second son of HM Queen Elizabeth II

In queen’s Honour

Lifetime monument Elizabeth II

On the Canadian brand, 1953

The coin 1953 Coin with Elizabeth in 1961

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