royalbritain英文介绍英国皇室.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 Queens 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. ? Throu