GREAT BRITAIN (The UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND)

GREAT BRITAIN on the map of the WORLD

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The flag of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Royal Coat of Arms

The Coronation Elizabeth II in

1953

The Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen Elizabeth II 80-years old in 2006

The Wedding of the princess

Elizabeth and prince Edinburgh

in 1947

The Queen was born at 2.40am on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London.

She was the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

At the time she stood third in line of succession to the throne after Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), and her father, The Duke of York. But it was not expected that her father would become King, or that she would become Queen.

Princess Elizabeth's quiet family life came to an end in 1936, when her grandfather, King George V, died. His eldest son came to the throne as King Edward VIII, but, before the end of the year, King Edward VIII had decided to give up the throne in order to marry the woman he loved, Mrs Wallis Simpson. Upon his abdication, Princess Elizabeth's father acceded to the throne as King George VI, and in 1937 the two Princesses attended their parents' coronation in Westminster Abbey.

Princess Elizabeth was now first in line to the throne, and a figure of even more intense public interest.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary on 20 November 2011.

They have four children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Prince Charles, now The Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the throne, was born in 1948, and his sister, Princess Anne, now The Princess Royal, two years later.

After Princess Elizabeth became Queen, their third child, Prince Andrew, arrived in 1960 and the fourth, Prince Edward, in 1964. Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were the first children to be born to a reigning monarch since Queen Victoria had her family.

Their grandchildren are Peter and Zara Phillips (b. 1977 and 1981); Prince William of Wales and Prince Henry of Wales (b. 1982 and 1984); Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York (b. 1988 and 1990); and The Lady Louise Windsor and Viscount Severn (b.2003 and 2007), children of The Earl and Countess of Wessex.

Their first great-grandchild, Miss Savannah Phillips, the daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips, was born in 2010.

And in the summer of 2006, The Queen celebrated her 80th birthday by taking a cruise with all her family through the Western Isles of Scotland.

The Capital of Great Britain - LONDON

It is from space

The Thames

The Coat of Arms of London

Sightseeing of LONDON

Westminster Abbey with famous tower Big Ben . Here is the parliament of the United Kingdom.

tower

Big Ben

London Tower - the royal fortress, was

built in 11 ages.

The Bridge of Tower

The St. Paul Cathedral, was built in 17th century by project the well known English architect Christopher Wren.

Buckingham palace, the official residence of royal family in London

Much more..

... Double – dekers

...the red telephone boxes...

...police...

...London taxi – cabs

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U

V W X Y Z

English ABC

EnglandScotland

WalesNorthern Ireland

Flags of GREAT BRITAIN

ENGLAND

SCOTLAND

WALES

Northern Ireland

Deer

ANIMALS WORLD of GREAT BRITAIN

Squirrel

Fox

Frog

Money

PEOPLE of GREAT BRITAIN

Great writers of Great Britain

William Shakespeare (26.04.1564 – 23.04.1616)

Charles Dickens(07.02.1812 – 09.06.1870)

Great composers to Great britain

Sir Edward Aligarh

(02.06.1857 – 23.02.1934)

Benjamin Britten

(22.11.1913 – 04.12.1976)

Great artists to Great BritainThomas Greensboro

(14 May 1727 August 2 1788)

Mutational walk (Portrait U. Helena with wife)

Thomas Greensboro

Blue boy

Thomas Greensboro

John Constable (June 11 1776 March 31 1837)

Self-portrait

Cart for network

John Constable

Cathedral Slobbery from Episcopalian gardenJohn Constable

The Official church to England Christian church. The Chapter of English church is the queen. The Main priest - an archbishop Kenteberiyskiy.

Kenterberiyskiy cathedral one of the most old and the most known Christian constructions in Great Britain.

Rouen Williams Lord Archbishop Kenteberiyskiy

RELIGION In GREAT BRITAIN

English cathedrals

Westminster Abbey

Cathedral Hereford

Done by Alina Melnichenko