Public perception and character of the British Queen Elizabeth II

A)She is the patron of over 600 organizations and charities. Her main leisure interests include equestrianism and dogs, especially her Pembroke Welsh Corgis. Her lifelong love of corgis began in 1933 with Dookie, the first corgi owned by her family. Scenes of a relaxed, informal home life have occasionally been witnessed; she and her family, from time to time, prepare a meal together and do the washing up afterwards.

B)Since Elizabeth rarely gives interviews, little is known of her personal feelings. As a constitutional monarch, she has not expressed her own political opinions in a public forum. She has a deep sense of religious and civic duty and takes her coronation oath seriously. Aside from her official religious role as Supreme Governor of the established Church of England, she personally worships with that church and with the national Church of Scotland. She has demonstrated support for inter-faith relations and has met with leaders of other churches and religions, including three popes: John XXIII, John Paul II and Benedict XVI. A personal note about her faith often features in her annual Royal Christmas Message broadcast to the Commonwealth, such as in 2000, when she spoke about the theological significance of the millennium marking the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ.

C)To many of us, our beliefs are of fundamental importance. For me the teachings of Christ and my own personal accountability before God provide a framework in which I try to lead my life. I, like so many of you, have drawn great comfort in difficult times from Christ's words and example.

D)In the 1950s, as a young woman at the start of her reign, Elizabeth was depicted as a glamorous "fairytale Queen". After the trauma of the war, it was a time of hope, a period of progress and achievement heralding a "new Elizabethan age". Lord Altrincham's accusation in 1957 that her speeches sounded like those of a "priggish schoolgirl" was an extremely rare criticism. In the late 1960s, attempts to portray a more modern image of monarchy were made in the television documentary Royal Family and by televising Prince Charles's investiture as Prince of Wales. In public, she took to wearing mostly solid-colour overcoats and decorative hats, which allow her to be seen easily in a crowd.

E)Elizabeth has been portrayed in a variety of mediums by many notable artists during her reign, including painters Lucian Freud, Peter Blake, Juliet Pannett, Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, Terence Cuneo, Tai-Shan Schierenberg and Pietro Annigoni. Notable photographers of Elizabeth have included Cecil Beaton, Yousuf Karsh, Lord Lichfield, Terry O'Neilland John Swannell. The first official portrait of Elizabeth was taken by Marcus Adams.

F)In November 1999, a referendum in Australia on the future of the Australian monarchy favored its retention in preference to an indirectly elected head of state. Polls in Britain in 2006 and 2007 revealed strong support for Elizabeth, and referenda in Tuvalu in 2008 and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2009 both rejected proposals to become republics.

1) What passage has the information about her religious responsibilities?

2) Where is the fact about her duty to be pictured publically?

3) What passage has the information about the opportunity for usual people to visit official residence of the Royal family in London?

4) Where is the fact about her love to wear fashionable hats?

5) What passage has the information about the meaning of the God in people's life?

6) Where is the name of her magic status?

7) Where is a fact about her pet?

8) Where is the fact about Elizabeth daughter-in-law?

True/faulse

1. British queen hates to be painted.

2. She celebrated her Silver Jubilee in 1978.

3. She feels great responsibility for her religious duties.

4. She dislikes dogs.

5. The Royal family has never let to make the documental film for TV about its own members.

6. She is fond charity.

7. Elizabeth started her Reign in the 1950-s.

8. She prefers polka-dot overcoats in public.

9. Her elder son is the Prince of Wales.

10. Instead of Princess Diana's death her popularity was declined.

Date: 2016-01-03; view: 946