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

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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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