Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
The Diamond Jubilee takes place in 2012, marking 60 years of The Queen’s reign. The Queen came to the throne on 6th February 1952 (her Coronation took place on 2nd June 1953).View news, announcements, historical information and official images of The Queen released for the Diamond Jubilee.
http://www.thediamondjubilee.org/
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/Features/DG_WP200687
The Queen is Head of State of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms. The elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, she was born in 1926 and became Queen at the age of 25, and has reigned through more than five decades of enormous social change and development. The Queen is married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and has four children and eight grandchildren. In this section packed full of images and videos, you can find out more about Her Majesty's early life and reign, public life, marriage and family and personal interests.
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/HMTheQueen.aspx
Do you prefer a video ? Watch this MINI BIOGRAPHY. It is excellent !!
AND .... if you click here http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=11416 you can also ANSWER a questionnaire about it. See how well you do !!
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