Monday, November 22, 2010

Queen Elizabeth II: family


HM The Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, June 10, 1921

HRH The Prince of Wales, Charles Philip Arthur George, born 14 November 1948

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, Parker Bowles, born 17 July 1947)

HRH Prince of Wales, William Arthur Philip Louis, born 21 June 1982

HRH Prince of Wales, Henry Charles Albert David, born 15 September 1984

HRH The Duke of York, Andrew Albert Christian Edward, born 19 February 1960

HRH Princess of York, Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, born 8 August 1988

HRH Princess of York, Eugenie Victoria Helena, born 23 March 1990

TRH The Earl, Edward Antony Richard Louis, born 10 March 1964

Countess of Wessex Sophie, Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones, born 20 January 1965

Viscount Severn, James Alexander Philip Theo, born 17 December 2007

Lady Louise Windsor, Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Windsor, born 8 November 2003

HRH The Princess Royal, Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise, born 15 August 1950

These are 2 important events in the royal family are taking place next year:
Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29.April 2011 and the queens 85. birthday (April 21.)

Source (in order of appearance):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Royal_Family

Saturday, November 6, 2010

UK: head of state, parliament, government


The British government runs the UK. Prime Minister is theh leader of thr government.

David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, and Leader of the Conservative Party.

Elizabeth II is the reigning queen and head of state of 16 independent sovereign states.

Government(Executive)

The government runs the country. Government also has responsibility for developing and implementing policy and for drafting laws. Every day the Queens desk is full of documents and reports from the government ministers and commonwealth officials. They must all be read and if necessary singed by the queen.


Parliament(Legislature)

The highest legislative authority in the UK is the Parliament. Its responsibility is checking the work of government and examining, debating and approving new laws.

Monarch

A person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch. Monarchs may be autocrats or ceremonial heads of state. In wich a country or entity is usually ruled or
controlled by an individual who exercise little or no power,actual authority vested in a parliament or other organisations. Most states only have a single monarch at any given time.


Source (in order of appearance):
http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/parliament-government/
http://www.projectbritain.com/government.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch

I tried, the links still won`t work!