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III. Agree or disagree with the statements:

  1. At present the British royal family is headed by King George V.

  2. Queen Elizabeth was born on the 21st of April 1926.

  3. Being a child, she proffered art and music to law and constitutional history.

  4. As she grew older she refused to take part in public life.

  5. The marriage of the young Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh took place in November 1947.

  6. Queen Elizabeth was crowned in Westminster Abbey in April 1953.

  7. The Queen's husband served in the airborne troops of Great Britain.

  8. The Queen's heir is Charles, Prince of Wales.

  9. The Prince of Wales is well-known as a keen promoter of American interests.

  10. Princess of Wales died in a car accident in August, 1997.

IV. Answer the questions:

1. Who is at present the British royal family headed by?

2. When was Elizabeth crowned as the Queen?

3. What are the duties of the Queen?

4. What is the tradition of the “walkabout” about?

5. What are the interests of Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s husband?

V. Match the first part of the sentence (1-5) with the second one (a-e).

1

The Prince of Wales is well-known

a

is headed by Queen Elizabeth.

2

The annual Christmas broadcast made by the Queen on radio and television

b

are the regular visits she makes to foreign countries.

3

She also started the tradition of the "walkabout",

c

has become a traditional and popular feature of the season.

4

Among Queen Elizabeth's many duties

d

an informal feature of an otherwise formal royal visit.

5

At present the British royal family

e

as a keen promoter of British interests.

VI. Make up a plan of the text.

VII. Retell the text in a written form (in English or Ukrainian). Text 43. Princess diana

I. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:

To draw – притягувати, to estimate – оцінювати, a heir – спадкоємець, a bride – наречена, to wear – носити, taffeta – тафта, a bridesmaid – подружки нареченої.

II. Listen to the text: Princess Diana

On 24 February 1981 it was officially announced that Lady Diana was to marry the Prince of Wales. As neighbors at Sandringham until 1975, their families had known each other for many years, and Lady Diana and the Prince had met again when he was invited to a weekend at Althorp in November 1977.

They were married at St Paul's Cathedral in London on 29 July 1981, in a ceremony which drew a global television and radio audience estimated at around 1,000 million people, and hundreds of thousands of people lining the route from Buckingham Palace to the Cathedral. The wedding reception was at Buckingham Palace.

The Princess was the first Englishwoman to marry an heir to the throne for 300 years. The bride wore a silk taffeta dress with a 25-foot train designed by the Emanuels, her veil was held in place by the Spencer family diamond tiara, and she carried a bouquet of gardenias, lilies-of-the-valley, white freesia, golden roses, white orchids and stephanotis. She was attended by five bridesmaids including Princess Margaret's daughter Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (now Lady Sarah Chatto); Prince Andrew (now The Duke of York) and Prince Edward were The Prince of Wales's supporters (a Royal custom instead of a best man).

The Prince and Princess of Wales spent part of their honeymoon at the Mountbatten family home at Broadlands, Hampshire, before flying to Gibraltar to join the Royal Yacht HMY BRITANNIA for a 12-day cruise through the Mediterranean to Egypt. They finished their honeymoon with a stay at Balmoral.

The Prince and Princess made their principal home at Highgrove House near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and shared an apartment in Kensington Palace.

The Princess of Wales had two sons. Prince William Arthur Philip Louis was born on 21 June 1982 and Prince Henry (Harry) Charles Albert David on 15 September 1984, both at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in London. The Princess had seventeen godchildren.

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