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What Power Does The Queen Have?

Victorian age

Follow the link below. There you will find information about Victorian Britain.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/

Now, choose one of the following tasks and write your composition.

• Research the timeline and choose TWO important events of the Victorian age. Imagine you were a Victorian child present at one of the events. Write about what you see or draw a picture. Explain why this event was important and exciting.

• How did people keep up with the news in Victorian Britain? Remember, no radio or TV and no internet. How might a person in Scotland have heard about something that happened in London? How do you think this made life different?

• Find out about Queen Victoria’s life. For example: When was she born? Who was king before she became queen? Where were her royal palaces?

Her majesty the queen

Great Britain does not have a president, but a queen.

Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April, 1926, in the beautiful city of London. Her birthday is officially celebrated in Britain on the second Saturday of June each year. The day is referred to as 'the Trooping of the Colour', but the official name is 'the Queen's Birthday Parade'. It is a huge celebration.

Queen Elizabeth is a constitutional monarchy. That means that although she is officially the head of state, the country is actually run by the government, led by the Prime Minister.

The Queen lives at Buckingham Palace in London. Her Majesty The Queen's title in the United Kingdom is 'Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland'.