Royal Britain 英美文化课件.ppt

Royal Britain Did you know? Constitutional monarchy君主立宪 Trooping the Color Elizabeth II George VI Princess Margaret Prince Philip Windsor (royal family) Windsor Castle Sandringham House Prince Charles Princess Diana Constitutional monarchy The Glorious Revolution 光荣革命in Britain created a constitutional monarchy which aimed at limiting the arbitrary专断的 actions of the monarch and increasing the power of Parliament. Constitutional monarchy is a political system in which the head of state is a king or queen ruling to the extent临时所有令权 allowed by a constitution宪法. In Britain, the Queen is the head of state. But she has very little power and plays no active part in politics. Her role is largely ceremonial.仪式 Trooping the Color The Queen has two birthdays. One is her real birthday which she celebrates with her family. The other is her official birthday, June 14. The Queen’s official birthday parade游行 --- Trooping the Color. Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II Elizabeth II, full name Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (1926- ), queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952- ), daughter of King George VI, born in London. Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947, and a year later gave birth to a son, Charles. In 1950 she gave birth to a daughter, Anne. A second son, Andrew, was born to Elizabeth in 1960 and a third, Edward, in 1964. Elizabeth II Elizabeth succeeded to the throne 君主on the death of her father in February 1952. Elizabeth‘s reign统治 has been marked by vast changes in the lives of her people and in the power and prestige声望 of her nation. By the early 1980s, some 40 former British colonies殖民地, protectorates保护国, and mandate territories 委任统治国had been granted their independence. Elizabeth II Beginning in the mid-1950s, there was constant turmoil骚乱 in Northern Ireland. On the home front, the nation suffered economic difficulties after World War II. Throughout this period Elizabeth‘s primary role was as a symbol of unity and continuity within the Com