BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY
WHAT IS MONARCHY ◦ Monarchy is a country where the head of the state is a king or a queen ◦ Today in Europe we still have monarchies, there are 11 of them: ◦ Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Lichtenstein, Luxemburg, Monaco, , The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, The UK
FIRST KING IN THE UK
◦ The UK has been a monarchy for over a thousand years.
◦ It is impossible to say who was the first king, some people say it was ALFRED THE GREAT in 9th century
◦ Others say that the first king of united England was WILLIAM I called The Conqueror.
DYNASTIES
DYNASTIES Dynasty is a royal family ruling a country for a long time Over the centuries there were many dynasties in Britain, the most famous were: ◦ The Normans in 11th century ◦ The Plantagenets in 12th – 14th century ◦ The Tudors in 15th and 16th century with King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I ◦ The Stuarts in 16th century ◦ The Havoverians in 17th and 18th century with Queen Victoria ◦ The House of Windsor in 20th century with Queen Elizabeth II
THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR
THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR ◦ The name was changed from Saxe-Coburg Gotha ( German origin) in 1917 because of the I World War against Germany. ◦ They adopted the name after the castle from 12th century ◦ George V was the first king of Windsor family ◦ Elizabeth II is his granddaughter. ◦ This is the emblem of the Windsor family
THE QUEEN OF MANY STATES â—Ś The Queen is the head of the UK and also of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados or the Bahamas and many other small dominios. â—Ś In fact The Queen has no real power and is just a representation of the nation. Other countries have independent governments.
WHAT CAN THE QUEEN or KING DO? ◦ The Queen officially appoints the Prime Minister but she must listen to the result of the democratic elections in Great Britain. ◦ She is the head of the Army and the head of the Church of England ◦ Her picture can be on every stamp but she sends letters without stamps ◦ The Queen cannot vote and she cannot talk about her political preferencies in public ◦ She can drive a car as fast as she wants! ◦ She opens the Parliment but she cannot have her own speech. ◦ She cannot be a witness in court ◦ When the Queen in in the Buckingham Palace the Royal Standard in up
British stamps
BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND ROYAL STANDARD
THE ROYAL FAMILY TODAY
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN ◦ The Queen is Elizabeth II and her husabnd is Prince of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ◦ She became the queen in 1953 ◦ She is the longest reigning monarch ever
THE FAMILY The Queen’s husband is Duke of Edinburgh – Philip
They have four children: Charles Prince of Wales – the first heir to the British throne is always titled Prince of Wales) Anne Prince Royal Andrew Duke of York Edward Earl of Wessex
CHARLES AND DIANA Prince Charles was married to Princess Diana who died tragically in a car crash in 1997 They had two sons: William and Harry
PRINCE CHARLES TODAY â—¦ When princes Diana died, Prince Charles married again. His wife is Camilla Parker Bowles
ANNE PRINCE ROYAL
ANDREW DUKE OF YORK
EDWARD EARL OF WESSEX with his wife SOFIA
WILLIAM AND KATE ◦ William married Kate Middleton in 2011 in Westminster Abbey ◦ They have three children: George (2013), Charlotte (2015) and Loius ( 2018)
HARRY AND MEGHAN â—Ś Harry married American actress Meghan Markle in 2018. They have no children yet.
BRITISH ROYAL EMBLEM
God and my right
AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER…..