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No One Provokes Me With Impunity

Motto


 

 

God And My Right


 

 

Area


 

 

244,820 km²


 

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland is a


Population country to the


 

TheUK official flag is calledthe


Anthem


 

 

God Save the Queen


 

 

Density


 

60,587,300


northwest ofEurope.

It consists of the island ofGreat Britain, the


Union Flag orthe Union Jack. ItCapital (and the largest city)

consists of thered cross ofSaint


246 km²


northeast part of the

island ofIreland and


George (thepatron saint of

England), edged in white, the

diagonal red cross ofSaint Patrick (the patron saint of

Ireland) and the white diagonal


 

 

Official Language


London

 

 

English


Currency

 

Pound sterling

(£) (GBP)


many small islands.

The largest island, Great Britain, is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel.


cross ofSaint Andrew (the patronNational Languages

saint ofScotland).


 

Scottish, Irish,


Time zone


 

Historically, the country is divided into


 

 

Status


Welsh (валлийский)


GMT UTC+0)

 

 

Internet TLD


counties. At present, the four main administrative parts consist of regions and areas, which are subdivided into counties


Parliamentary Democracy

And Constitutional

Monarchy


 

Calling code


Uk


and districts.


 

The


 

Houses


 

Of


TheRoyal Coat of Arms depicts


Parliament are the seat


the lions symbolizingEngland andGovernment


+44


of


the


British


theMonarchy, the chained

Unicorn symbolizingScotland

and theHarp which is the emblem

ofNorthern Ireland.


The British Monarch

The Prime Minister


Parliament, the first

parliament in the world (12thcentury).



ENGLAND: a profile

St. George's Flag The Royal Coat of Arms

is England‟s Flag is the symbol of the

English Throne


 

The national flower of England is the red rose. The flower has been adopted as England‟s emblem since the time of the Wars of the Roses, the civil wars (1455- 1485) between the royal house of Lancaster (whose emblem was a red rose) and the royal house of York (whose emblem was a white rose).

The Royal Family


 

Capital (and the largest city)

London

Motto

God and My Right

Anthem

God Save the Queen

Territory

130,395 km²

Population

50,762,000

Patron Saint

Saint George


 

 

The Yeoman Warder or the Beefeater

is a guard at the Tower of London




Queen

Elisabeth II


Prince

Charles

(the eldest son)


Prince

William

(the eldest grandson)


St. George's Day


 

Rd

April


 

 

Stonehenge is a stone-age monument.

It was erected in the Bronze Age in 2000-

2500 B.C.



SCOTLAND: a profile

Motto

No One Provokes Me With Impunity

 

Capital

Edinburgh


TheFlag of Scotland, known asSt.

Andrew's Cross, dates from the 9th century.Largest City

 

Official Language

 

National Languages

 


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