Could I be the British Queen? (Могу ли я стать Британской королевой?)

Муниципальный этап регионального конкурса исследовательских работ

гуманитарного направления

Муниципальное бюджетное образовательное учреждение

«Бабкинская средняя общеобразовательная школа»

Могу ли я стать английской королевой

Работу выполнила:

Санникова Алиса Сергеевна,

ученица 6 класса

Бабкинской СОШ

Руководитель:

Исакова Марина Александровна,

учитель иностранного языка,

первой квалификационной

категории

2021 год

CONTENTS

Introduction………………………………………………………...…………………………….. 3

Chapter 1 Private life ………………………………………………………………..…………. 4

Chapter 2 Political and social life ……………………………………………………………….8

Chapter 3 Interesting facts ……………………………………...………………………...…... 10

Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………...… 13

Bibliographical list ……………………………………………………………………...……… 14

Appendix …………………………………………………………………………………….…..15

Аннотация

1. Автор: Санникова Алиса
2. Образовательное учреждение: МБОУ «Бабкинская средняя общеобразовательная школа», 6 класс
3. Название работы: Могу ли я стать английской королевой
4. Руководитель: Исакова Марина Александровна, учитель иностранного языка Бабкинской средней общеобразовательной школы
5. Цель: собрать наиболее интересные факты из жизни королевы Елизаветы II и обобщить полученную информацию в единую работу.
6. Задачи:

1. Ознакомиться с имеющейся информацией по этой теме в литературе (как на русском, так и на английском языке) и в Интернете;
2. Систематизировать полученные знания и оформить для использования учителем английского языка на уроках и во внеурочной деятельности.
3. Сделать выводы на основе полученных данных.

7. Объект исследования: королева Англии Елизавета II
8. Предмет исследования: жизнь королевы Елизаветы II, любопытные факты и заслуги
9. Методы исследования:

• на первом теоретико-поисковым этапе основным методом было: информационный поиск сведений
• второй этап – обобщение результатов изучения литературных источников, перспективные планы.

INTRODACTION

On Monday, the 6th of February 2017, the Queen made history as she becomes the first British monarch to reach 65 years on the throne. She is one of the oldest living state leaders in the world. How many everything has happened on British Isles during her reign! However any scrapes have not prevented to become her majesty longest-reigning. Queen Elizabeth II is one of the most famous women in the world. She has visited many countries and met many world leaders. She has probably travelled more miles than any king or queen in history. She is always elegant, careful, with perfect manners. Elizabeth II is considered the legislator of the British style for a long time. She is the monarch who is loved by citizens. In short, Queen Elizabeth II is an example to follow.

I advance the hypothesis: the British Queen could be only a member of royal family.

The relevance of the work is

the monarchy is the rare form of reign in the modern world, that’s why it always pays the attention of people different ages. More than that, they want to know more about monarchs, how they live, how much differ from simple people. I can tell about Queen Elizabeth II other pupils in my class and school.

The aims of my research are

- to study biography of Queen Elizabeth II

- to study private and political life of the Queen

- to demonstrate interesting facts about the life of Queen Elizabeth II and her family

- to analyse the new information

Plan of my research:

1. To gather information about Elizabeth II

2. To understand what we have in common with Queen of England.

3. To compare our hobbies and interests, our education and other moments of life

4. To define the order of succession to the British throne

In the course of the work:

• I have studied the biography of England’s Queen Elizabeth II
• I have researched the history of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and determined the role she plays in political and social life of the country
• I have learnt the order of succession to the British throne
• I have analyzed the documents that define the rules of succession rights
• I have found interesting information on the following topics
• I have completed the research

CHAPTER 1 PRIVATE LIFE

Elizabeth II is the Queen of 16 of 53 member states in the Commonwealth of Nations. She is Head of the Commonwealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. She is the head of the State, but the country is run by the government, led by Prime Minister.

At the time of her birth, no one thought Elizabeth would someday become queen of Great Britain. Her father, Prince Albert, was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. In 1936 her grandfather, King George V died. Her uncle became King Edward VIII, but he was in love with American divorcee Wallis Simpson and had to choose between the crown and his heart. In the end, Edward chose Simpson and Elizabeth's father, Prince Albert, became King George VI in 1936. George VI's coronation took place on 12 May 1937.

Elizabeth was born at 2:40 on April 21, 1926, at 17 Burton St. in Mayfair, London, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, subsequently King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Five weeks later she was christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in the chapel at Buckingham Palace. Elizabeth was named after her mother. In 1930, then-Princess Elizabeth's sister Margaret Rose was born.

Princess Elizabeth was educated at Home with Princess Margaret, her younger sister. After her father succeeded to the throne in 1936 and she became heir presumptive, she starter to study constitutional history and law. She also studied art and music; learned to ride (she has been a keen horsewoman since early childhood); and enjoyed amateur theatricals and swimming. She was also instructed in religion by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Since the beginning of World War II, Elizabeth and her sister, Princess Margaret, often stayed out of London, spending much of their time at Windsor Castle.

Elizabeth first met Philip Mountbatten, son of Prince Andrew of Greece, when she was only 13 and was smitten with him from the start. Distant cousins, the pair kept in touch over the years and eventually fell in love. They made an unusual pair. Elizabeth was quiet and reserved while Philip was boisterous and outspoken. Prince Philip had ties to both the Danish and Greek royal families, he didn't possess great wealth and was a bit rough in his personality. The wedding ceremony was held at London's Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947. They received 2500 wedding gifts from around the world. For a while, Elizabeth and Philip enjoyed a somewhat normal existence in Malta between 1949 and 1951. Philip was an officer in the Mediterranean Fleet. The Royal couple had four children:

Prince Charles Prince of Wales,1948

Princess Anne,1950

Prince Andrew, Duke ofYork,1960

Prince Edward, Earl of Essex,1964

Heiress presumptive

King George V (1865–1936)

King George VI (1895–1952)

Queen Elizabeth II (born 1926)

(1) The Prince of Wales (Prince Charles; b. 1948) B D W

(2) The Duke of Cambridge (Prince William; b. 1982) B D W

(3) Prince George of Cambridge (b. 2013) B D

(4) Prince Henry of Wales (b. 1984) B D W

(5) The Duke of York (Prince Andrew; b. 1960) B D W

(6) Princess Beatrice of York (b. 1988) B D W

(7) Princess Eugenie of York (b. 1990) B D W

(8) The Earl of Wessex (Prince Edward; b. 1964) B D W

(9) Viscount Severn (James Mountbatten-Windsor; )

(10) Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor (b. 2003) B D W

(11) The Princess Royal (Princess Anne; b. 1950) B D W

(12) Peter Phillips (b. 1977) B D W

(13) Savannah Phillips (b. 2010) B D W

(14) Isla Phillips (b. 2012) B D W

(15) Zara Tindall (née Phillips; b. 1981) B D W

(16) Mia Tindall (b. 2014) [8][9]

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930–2002)D88

(17) Viscount Linley (David Armstrong-Jones; b. 1961) B D W

(18) Charles Armstrong-Jones (b. 1999) B D W

(19) Margarita Armstrong-Jones (b. 2002) B D W

(20) Lady Sarah Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones; b. 1964) B D W

(21) Samuel Chatto (b. 1996) B D W

(22) Arthur Chatto (b. 1999) B D W

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974)1952

(23) The Duke of Gloucester (Prince Richard; b. 1944) B D W

(24) Earl of Ulster (Alexander Windsor; b. 1974) B D W

(25) Lord Culloden (Xan Windsor; b. 2007) B D W

(26) Lady Cosima Windsor (b. 2010) B D W

(27) Lady Davina Lewis (née Windsor; b. 1977) B D W

(28) Tane Lewis (b. 2012) B[n 3]

(29) Senna Lewis (b. 2010) B D W[n 3]

(30) Lady Rose Gilman (née Windsor; b. 1980) B D W

(31) Rufus Gilman (b. 2012) B[n 3]

(32) Lyla Gilman (b. 2010) B D W[n 3]

Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942)

(33) The Duke of Kent (Prince Edward; b. 1935) B D W

Earl of St Andrews (George Windsor; b. 1962) MC / D W

Lord Downpatrick (Edward Windsor; b. 1988) XC / D W

Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor (b. 1992) XC / W

(34) Lady Amelia Windsor (b. 1995) B D W

Lord Nicholas Windsor (b. 1970) XC / D W

(35) Albert Windsor (b. 2007) B W[n 4]

(36) Leopold Windsor (b. 2009) B W

(37) Lady Helen Taylor (née Windsor; b. 1964) B D W[n 5]

(38) Columbus Taylor (b. 1994) B W

(39) Cassius Taylor (b. 1996) B W

(40) Eloise Taylor (b. 2003) B W

(41) Estella Taylor (b. 2004) B W

Prince Michael of Kent (b. 1942) MC / W

(42) Lord Frederick Windsor (b. 1979) B W

(43) Maud Windsor (b. 2013) B[10]

(44) Lady Gabriella Windsor (b. 1981) B W

(45) Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (b. 1936) B

(46) James Ogilvy (b. 1964) B

(47) Alexander Ogilvy (b. 1996) B

(48) Flora Ogilvy (b. 1994) B

(49) Marina Ogilvy (b. 1966) B

(50) Christian Mowatt (b. 1993) B

(51) Zenouska Mowatt (b. 1990) B

CHAPTER 2 POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE

In 1952 King George VI died. Elizabeth was only 25 and she was Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Like other kings and queens since 1066, she came to Westminster Abbey for the coronation in the royal carriage with its fine horses. Her Majesty's coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953.

As Head of State, the Queen keeps up close contact with the Prime Minister, with whom she has a weekly audience when she is in London, and with other Ministers of the Crown.

Her Majesty acts as host to Heads of State of Commonwealth and other countries when they visit Britain, and receives other notable visitors from overseas.

Her Majesty is Queen of 15 States of the Commonwealth of Nations – Australia, Antigua, the Bahamas, Grenada, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Jamaica…

As Sovereign, Her Majesty is head of the Navy, Army and Air Force of Britain.

Her Majesty is Head of Church of England

The Queen is Patron or President of over 700 organisations.

Being Queen is a really busy job. Elizabeth II gets up early and begins the day by looking through the newspapers. Then she reads letters from the public (she gets more than 1000 each week), and tells her staff how she would like them to be answered. The Queen has daily meetings with her Private Secretary who helps her to go through her paperwork, and lots of meetings with ambassadors, new judges and bishops.

In the afternoon Elizabeth II often goes out on public engagements – she gets thousands of invitations each year. She opens new hospitals, bridges and factories.

Once a week, the Queen has a meeting with the Prime Minister and they discuss government business and important things that are happening in the country.

In the evening the Queen reads the report of the day from Parliament. She isn’t a politician, and in modern Britain the power belongs to the government, but she must agree to every new law. It’s a formal agreement; no king or queen has refused a new law since 1701!

Being Queen is not a 9 to 5 job, and Elizabeth II has to work from early in the morning until late at night. Of course, she has some free time, and some private life, but less than most people. Elizabeth II calls the Windsor family a «Firm». She thinks of it as a business rather than a family. The Queen is one of the richest women in the world and yet she gets about 8 million pounds a year to be queen. But many people agree that she does her job well and she deserves her salary.

There are hundreds of traditional ceremonies which the Queen has to keep. Each year, in September or October, there is the State Opening of Parliament. The Queen, wearing her crown, arrives at the Houses of Parliament by carriage. There she reads the Queen’s Speech, which discusses the government’s work for the next year.

Another traditional ceremony takes place on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. The Queen gives out purses of money to older people who have done good work. This is called «Maundy money» and tradition is almost seven hundred years old.

Every summer the Queen gives three or more royal garden parties at Buckingham Palace. About 8,000 guests come to each party.

The Queen and other members of royal family often travel abroad as guests of other countries. They meet important visitors. The Queen was in Russia in October met with Putin in June 2003. They are invited to the opening of hospitals, schools, museums, embassies – not long ago Princess Anne came to Moscow for the opening ceremony of the new British Embassy. So their life is quite busy. «The Constitutional Monarchy is like the Rolls – Royce: reliable, safe and beautiful» Queen Elizabeth II said.

In her spare time Elizabeth II enjoys horse racing, fishing, and working in the country side. She also likes taking photos on her travels. Another passion of the Queen is her hats. The Queen’s favourite models of cars are Rolls-Royce and Bentley.

Many people think that the Royals are useless and monarchy is outdated. But the British people seem to like them that way. They like to read about the royal family, royal scandals and shocking secrets. They like to watch royal ceremonies, they are proud of the tradition of monarchy.

CHAPTER 3 INTERESTING FACTS

1. Elizabeth learned how to drive in 1945.
2. In 1953, Elizabeth II attended her first football match (FA Cup Final).
3. She has made five official visits to the United States during her reign.
4. Elizabeth II has answered over million items of correspondence.
5. She has owned over 30 corgis. Her first dog was named Susan.
6. Elizabeth says Prince Phillip has been her "strength and stay" during her reign.
7. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh became the first couple in the Royal Family to celebrate 60 years of marriage, also known as their diamond wedding anniversary.
8. For her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, the queen received over 120,000 cards, letter and gifts.
9. Her coronation was the first to be televised in England.
10. Her great-grandson Prince George calls her ";
11. The oldest recipient of a message from the queen was a man from Canada who turned 116 in December 1984.
12. Elizabeth carries cash in her purse only on Sundays; she donates money to her church.
13. The queen learned of her father's death while she was in Kenya.
14. The last British governor of New South Wales made three films, entitled Long to reign over us about Elizabeth's accession and coronation.
15. It was raining during her coronation.
16. Drives through London, visits to Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, and a review of the fleet at Spithead followed the coronation.
17. In three months in 1977, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her accession, Elizabeth went on six tours that took her through 36 counties in the UK and Northern Ireland.
18. In that same year, her travels continued overseas to countries including Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and other countries.
19. That year, it's estimated that the queen and the Duke of Edinburgh traveled 56,000 miles.
20. That June, she lit a bonfire beacon that began a chain of celebratory beacons across the country.
21. The next day, after making a speech during which she declared she had no regrets in taking on her responsibilities, 4,000 street and village parties were reported to have been held across the country.
22. In 2002, she celebrated 50 years of reign.
23. During that year, she visited every region of the UK, as well as many other countries.
24. June 2002 was the main focus of the celebration, and involved services as well as two concerts including artists such as Paul McCartney and Elton John.
25. During Elizabeth's 80th-birthday celebrations, she held a "Children's Party at the Palace" and invited 2,000 kids.
26. On April 19, two days before her birthday, she invited guests who also turned 80 years old to Buckingham Palace.
27. She spent April 21 meeting the crowds in Windsor before a family dinner, with fireworks.
28. During the year, she received almost 40,000 birthday messages from the public.
29. For the queen's 60th wedding anniversary, she returned to her honeymoon location, Broadlands in Hampshire; she and Philip recreated their wedding photos.
30. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Trust took donations for initiatives like Queen's Young Leaders.
31. The queen's favorite animals are horses and dogs.
32. She regularly attends both the Derby at Epsom and the Summer Race Meeting at Ascot.
33. Elizabeth owns and breeds thoroughbreds and often watches her horses race at other events, where they have won numerous times.
34. She also is interested in Scottish country dancing, and she gives annual dances for the community.
35. She gives to almost 40 animal-related organizations as well as almost 90 medical and health-care charities, in addition to the hundreds of other organizations she is involved with.
36. The queen celebrates her birthday twice — once in April and once in June — because sovereign birthdays are often celebrated twice when not naturally in the summer.
37. The queen speaks fluent French.
38. Norman Hartnell designed the queen's wedding and coronation gowns, as well as her dress for her first visit to the as monarch.
39. Queen Elizabeth II is the 40th monarch since William the Conqueror was crowned in 1066.
40. There have been 12 presidents since she first began her reign.
41. There have been seven Roman Catholic popes during her time as monarch.
42. The queen was a Girl Guide as a child, as well as a Sea Ranger (a portion of Girl Guides dedicated to sailing).
43. Elizabeth has 30 godchildren.
44. Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China in 1986.
45. She sent her first email in 1976 from a British research facility.
46. Since she began her reign, there have been six Archbishops of Canterbury.
47. She bred a corgi with a dachshund and created the dorgi, and has continued to breed them since.
48. The queen once had to demote a footman for putting whiskey and gin in one of her corgi's water bowls.
49. In summer 2005, she opened the first children's trail in the Buckingham Palace garden.
50. The British Monarchy Youtube channel launched in 2007 and has almost 56 million views and more than 150,000 subscribers.
51. The queen is the only person in the UK who doesn't need a driver's license or a license plate to drive.
52. Elizabeth also does not need a passport to travel internationally.
53. As a princess, Elizabeth drove a truck and trained as a mechanic in World War II.
54. Whales, dolphins, porpoises and sturgeons are considered “Fishes Royal" and therefore the property of the monarch when caught within three miles of the UK coast.
55. The queen, when gifted rare animals such as jaguars, donates them to the London Zoo.
56. To pay for her wedding dress materials, she collected rationing coupons.
57. She has visited more than 115 countries.
58. After visiting Belfast in 2014, she referenced her June Game of Thrones set tour in her Christmas message. She even met some of the actors.
59. Her love of dogs came from her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria, who owned dachshunds and Scottish collies.
60. Since her rule began, she has visited Edinburgh nearly every year during Holyrood Week. She stays in the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
61. Queen Elizabeth II has given royal assent to, or passed, more than 3,500 Acts of Parliament after passed by the houses of Lords and Commons.
62. The queen has visited the Vatican three times, most recently to visit Pope Francis in 2014.
63. The Royal Yacht Britannia traveled over 1 million miles in the more than 40 years it was in use by the royal family — that's an average of 25,000 miles a year.
64. The queen has traveled overseas more than 250 times.
65. Elizabeth has attended every Parliament opening with the exception of two, during which she was expecting two of her children.
66. Two of the more recent prime ministers were born during her reign: Tony Blair and David Cameron were born in 1953 and 1966, respectively.
67. Her love of horses began with a gift of a pony for her third birthday.
68. The queen usually receives around 60,000 letters a year.
69. She made a radio broadcast in 1940 at the age of 14.
70. The queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have sent more than 45,000 Christmas cards.

CONCLUSION

When I studied the biography of England’s Queen Elizabeth II, researched the history of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and determined the role she plays in political and social life of the country, learnt the order of succession to the British throne, analyzed the documents that define the rules of succession rights and found interesting information on the following topics, I decided to interview some pupils in our school. I asked them «What qualities should queen have?»

The results of survey you can see in diagram below:

Diagram 1

It’s interesting that the most popular quality is kindness and the least one is patriotism.

At the end of my work I understand that we have something in common with Queen of England. I’ve compared our hobbies and interests, our education and other moments of life.

To sum up, the British monarchy is based on the male succession of power. Woman becomes queen ruling only when there are no direct heirs - male. This was the case with the legendary ruler of the British Empire - Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II. So I will not become the Queen Regnant, but I could become the Queen Consort, if I married Savannah Phillips (), who is the 13th in the list of succession to the throne.

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