The United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Northern Ireland

THE QUEEN:

• Britain is a constitutional monarchy. It means that the head of the state is the Queen:

• Elizabeth II.

• Her son : Prince of Wales Charles
• Her grandsons: William
• Henry

• Legislative and Executive Powers:

• THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UK IS UNWRITTEN, BASED ON CUSTOM, TRADITION
• AND COMMON LAW

• Parliament - the House of Commons
• - the House of Lords
• Government : Prime Minister
• Political parties: Conservative Party
• Labour Party
• National Flag - „Union Jack“

• THERE ARE FOUR FLAGS IN THE UNION FLAG OF GB

• National Anthem is
• „ God Save the Queen!“

• FAMOUS BRITAINS

• The Beatles: one of the famous pop
• group in the world. There were 4
• members – John Lennon, Paul McCartney,
• George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
• Their career started in Liverpool and
• they wrotea lot of hits,e.g.:
• Let it be, Yesterday,Help….

• William Shakespeare – the famous writer in the world
• (Othelo, Hamlet,Romeo and Julia)
• Charles Darwin – British naturalist. He developed the
• Theory of Evolution
• Sir Isaac Newton – mathematician and scientist.He
• formulated the theory of universal gravitation
• Sir Winston Churchill – a politician who helped England
• To survive the 2nd World War
• Sean Connery – a famous Scottish actor
• (James Bond)

• QUIZ:

• What was the original name of London?
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