La Reine Elisabeth

THE QUEEN ELISABETH II

HER HUSBAND

Elizabeth met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark three years older in 1934 and 1937. They were cousins by King Christian IX of Denmark and cousins from Germans derived from Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. They met again at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, even though she was only 13 years old, Elizabeth said she fell in love with Philip and the two began exchanging letters Their engagement was officially announced on 9 July 1947

Philip and Elizabeth were married November 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey. They received about 2500 from the present world. As the United Kingdom had not yet fully recovered from the war, Elizabeth imposed that ration coupons are used to buy the fabric of her dress was designed by Norman Hartnell. German family members of the Duke of Edinburgh, whose three sisters and the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII, had not been invited to the ceremony.

Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Charles of Wales, 14 November 1948. A month earlier, King had issued letters patent allowing their children to wear the title of prince or princess, what they were theoretically forbidden because their father was no longer a royal prince. A second child, Princess Anne was born August 15, 1950

IT’S ROLE

His power is limited; the principal role of Queen Elizabeth II is to represent the Royaume-Unis at both national and international level. However, it is not limited by this representative power: every week, Prime Minister meets with the queen on issues of importance to the Kingdom. This is an opportunity for her to give advice or his opinion, his Prime Minister, who follows or not.

The image of the British monarchy today is very good, as testified by the enthusiasm of the people at the wedding of his grand-son William to Catherine Middleton (now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge). However, the monarchy has had some difficult times: 1992, annus horribilis as the Queen said in his famous speech in November 1992, was marked by the divorce of her three children (the Duke of York, princess Anne and Prince Charles) and the Windsor Castle fire, which caused a controversy about funding for reconstruction. Another blow was the death of Princess Diana, August 31, 1997, in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma in Paris. "Lady Di", ex-wife of Prince Charles, was highly appreciated by the people and was very involved in the association and humanitarian.

CONCLUSION

I chose to talk about Queen Elizabeth II as its made it possible me to discover a raining it was

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