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(Updated on 13/03/2011)

 


Related pages :

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee -

THE ROYAL WEDDING of Prince William and Kate

History : The United Kingdom + Civilization : The United Kingdom
Civilization of the United Kingdom : RESOURCES
Titles

Trooping the Colour - Royal Ascot

The TUDORS

 


Facts and History :


  • William and Kate opt for Kensington Palace home - 6 November 2011
    "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have decided to take the former home of the Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, as their permanent London residence."
    (BBC)

    Kensington Palace is n°6

 

  • Zara Phillips wedding: Ceremony at Edinburgh church - 30 July 2011
    "The Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips has married England rugby player Mike Tindall at a ceremony in Edinburgh...
    The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were among those at the wedding in Canongate Kirk on a sunny Royal Mile.
    Hundreds of well-wishers lined the streets for Scotland's first royal wedding in almost 20 years.
    Prince Charles and Camilla, Prince William and Catherine, and Prince Harry were also attending the ceremony and reception at Holyroodhouse."
    + PICTURES
    + VIDEOS
    (BBC)

 

See ROYAL PALACES - a webquest with LINKS and NEW MAPS

 

 

  • Where the Royals vacation - with photos (BBC)
    - Balmoral, Scotland
    - Klosters, the Swiss Alps
    - Mustique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
    - St-Tropez, France
    - Costa Smeralda, Sardinia
    - See MORE     (travelandleisure.com)

 

 

  • Queen advertises for Royal dish washer
    "The Queen is advertising for a washer-up to become part of her Royal entourage...
    Candidates must be punctual, reliable, able to work well in a team and have a flexible and willing attitude."
    (telegraph.co.uk)
    Listen. (sabironlangues.typepad.fr)

  • "The latest news on the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton that will take place on April 29th, 2011."
    (telegraph.co.uk)

 

  • Prince Charles' new 'Slumdog Millionaire' eco Indian town inspired by Poundbury
    "A new eco-friendly village for tens of thousands of poor people in India is being built by one of the Prince of Wales' main charities, it has emerged...
    The multi-million-pound “utopia” is inspired and modelled on Poundbury, the Prince’s “model” village in Dorset...
    His charity has just opened its first overseas office in Mumbai."
    (telegraph.co.uk)

 

 

 

  • QUEEN MARY I :

    • London Dungeon advert showing Queen Mary I as zombie banned - The page has been deleted.
      "An advert for the London Dungeon has been banned after terrifying children by showing Queen Mary I of England turning into a flesh-eating zombie...
      The digital poster, which was placed on escalators on the London Underground, showed the infamous Queen sitting passively on a chair before suddenly turning into a member of the undead and turning to face towards tube passengers.
      Four people complained that the zombie - complete with bloody gashes on her face, rotting teeth and red eyes - had terrified their children..."
      (telegraph.co.uk)

 

  • Can we see your documents please, Your Majesty...
    "Queen faces anti-terror checks every time she leaves UK...
    For the first time, Her Majesty will be compelled to give her full name, age, address, nationality, gender and place of birth to immigration officials, who will then check that she is not on a list of wanted terrorists."
    (dailymail.co.uk)

  • The life of the Queen :

  • The Queen’s Piper
    "Here is a typical weekday morning for Queen Elizabeth II while in residence at Buckingham Palace in London."
    (lisawallerrogers.wordpress.com)

 

  • Princes stride out with own household
    "Princes William and Harry are to get a joint "household" - which means much more than a new office and their own ciphers...
    The red in William's is the same colour as used by the Queen and his father, the Prince of Wales.
    The blue in Harry's cipher is similar to the colour used by his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales."
    (BBC)

 

  • You've got Royal Mail - with the Queen's profile
    "She is more usually associated with old-fashioned snail mail - after all, her head does grace the UK's stamps."
    (BBC)

 

  • William made Knight of the Garter - with a VIDEO
    "Prince William has been made a Royal Knight of the Garter, joining the most senior British order of chivalry.
    He was officially appointed by the Queen at a service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle..."
    (BBC)




    Order of the Garter
    "The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry, or knighthood, originating in medieval England, and presently bestowed on recipients
    in any of the Commonwealth realms; it is the pinnacle of the honours system in the United Kingdom..."
    1 History
    2 The Order
    3 Vestments and accoutrements
    4 Precedence and privileges
    5 Garter service at St George's Chapel
    6 Connections to "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"...
    (Wikipedia)

     

 

  • One Queen, Two Birthdays
    "The Queen celebrates her actual birthday on 21 April.
    She also celebrates her official birthday on either the first or the second, and sometimes the third, Saturday in June..."
    (royal.gov.uk)

  • Announcement of the launch of a Royal YouTube channel, 23 December 2007
    "The channel will showcase both archive and modern video of The Queen and other Members of the Royal Family and Royal events ...    "
    http://fr.youtube.com/theroyalchannel
    (royal.gov.uk)

 

 

 

 

  • Eighty quirky facts about the Queen at 80 (Daily Mail)

  • The British Royal Family - with questions (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)
    The Queen's 80th Birthday Celebrations - Why two birthdays? -
    The Queen - Buckingham Palace - Queen's Guard's
    The Royal Family - Queen's Role - Calendar of Royal Events -
    Next King? - Facts about the Queen - Royal ceremonies -
    Royal Motto - Palaces and Castles - Kings and Queen's Timeline -
    Royal Coat of Arms - The Queen's Family Tree - Longest reigning Monarchs

  • The Royal Family Tree (infoplease.com)
    "Click on a royal family member to read the complete biography."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • 50 facts about the Queen's reign (royal.gov.uk)
  • Virtual Museum. (pro.gov.uk)
    "It provides a showcase for some of the treasures at the PRO s new Education and Visitor Centre at Kew, including a host of landmark documents from the past 1000 years of British history. Many of these items have never before been on display.
    Visitors can explore everything from Famous Names to Crime & Punishment, and from War & Defence to Kings & Queens.
    They can find out surprising facts about famous people - including William Shakespeare, Robin Hood and Sir Elton John - as well as the extraordinary feats of ordinary people."

 

 

Listening :

 

 

 

 

Dictionaries :

 

  • People (Rank and file).
    (infoplease.com)


Pictures :

  • "Britain's Queen Elizabeth makes a speech at a state banquet
    in honour of the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gul, in Buckingham Palace, London. The Turkish President is on a three-day state visit to Britain."
    (BBC)

 

 

Exercises :

 

  • The National Archives Learning Curve (Great-Britain) is an on-line teaching resource, structured to tie in with the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. The Learning Curve contains a varied range of original sources including documents, photographs, film and sound recordings. There are three different types of resource: Exhibitions (with interactive tasks, Focus Ons (with quizzes and activities) and Snapshots. Each has a distinct approach to suit different styles of learning.

SNAPSHOTS : Educational Features and Activities based on visual sources from the National Archives A few examples :

Henry VIII. How did Henry VIII get up in the morning?
The Royal Seal. What can it tell us?
Guy Fawkes. Why was Guy Fawkes tortured?
How We Were Taught. What was school like nearly 100 years ago?
The Streets of London. Late Victorian London

  • A time line - find the correct order (home.freeuk.net)


 

  • The Mary Rose , Henry VIII's favourite 16th century warship (maryrose.org)
    with many activities     (un site à ne pas manquer)



    Explore The Mary Rose : meet the crew -
    "find out about the work of some of the crew by clicking on the faces"
    (pilot - soldier - gunner - cook - barber-surgeon - carpenter - officers - archer)
    + son


 

 

Lesson plans :

  • Royalty (British Council)
    "Have a look at the article, word game, story, cartoon, trivia and links."

 

  • British Royal Finances Online (breakingnewsenglish.com)
    - a lesson "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."

    The minted Royals (BBC)
    "Debate over the civil list is often anything but civil. Already wealthy by anyone's standards, the Royals still controversially receive a sizeable chunk of public money."


  • The Royals - a lesson plan (english-4u.com) SITE PAYANT
    Language function: reading comprehension, telling a story, discussion
    Vocabulary area / topic: family relations / royal family
    Grammar focus: narrative tenses
    - with Teachers' Notes



  • Elizabeth I - a lesson plan (texts and quizzes) - (historyonthenet.com)

 

Webquests :

Games :

  • Royal wedding quiz: Wedding traditions
    "When Kate Middleton ties the knot with Prince William later this month, the occasion will be the latest in a colourful line of British royal weddings.
    But how much do you know about the royal wedding tradition?"
    (BBC)

 

  • History Games avec animations - (BBC)
    Quelques exemples :

    Gunpowder Plot
    "Search the cellars of the Houses of Parliament
    and find the gunpowder kegs before it is too late."
    Victorian women's rights
    "Find out how many doors were open to Victorian women."
    Spying Game
    "Crack the mysterious code that Mary used in secret to plot against Elizabeth. Walsingham, Elizabeth's spymaster, deciphered it and Mary's fate was sealed."
    Whose house?
    "Step inside the rooms of eight historic characters. Gather clues to help you guess whose room you are in."

Cartoons :

 

The Queen's unofficial portraits on show - 3 February 2012
"One of the first events to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee is taking place at the Cartoon Museum in London.
The exhibition is an irreverent series of unofficial portraits of the British monarch.
Kathy Harcombe reports.
Contributors to this report include Anita O'Brien, curator at the Cartoon Museum, and cartoonist Nicholas Garland."
(BBC)

 

 

Cartoon: The Queen's Christmas Message - 2011
"In the cartoon by Paul Thomas from The Express, the Queen is shown delivering her Christmas message
in front of the TV cameras..."
BACKGROUND + THE CARTOON + LINKS
(englishblog.com)

See Videos

 

 

Royal Wedding Invitation
"Today's cartoon by 
Mac in the Daily Mail
 is inspired by the news that the
Royal couple intend to invite homeless teenagers to their wedding
at Westminster Abbey in April
of next year..."
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

 

Cartoon : Royal Wedding
- with an EXPLANATION
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

 

Election Cartoon: Phew! Now What?
INTERPRETATION
+ VOCABULARY
+ MORE ELECTION CARTOONS
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

 

Hung parliament
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

See Hung parliament

 

 

THE FROG AND THE PRINCE
by all the top cartoonists!
(cagle.slate.msn)
(Si le lien est inaccessible,
enregistrer l'image pour obtenir
la taille normale.)

 
Cartoons - The Royals
(humorist.net)




Poems :

 

Videos :

 

 

  • The London shops who supply the Royal Family
    "Where do the Royal Family shop in London? Official suppliers to the royal household are allowed to display a small coat of arms.
    The royal warrants are a mark of recognition to companies who have supplied goods for at least five years to the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh
    or the Prince of Wales. They are regarded as a stamp of excellence and quality, and are highly prized."
    (BBC)

 

 

 

 

  • Prince William and Kate Announce Engagement
    "Prince William and longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton are officially engaged. The news topped every morning show. 
    View transcript.
    (newsy.com)

  • David Cameron: The Man Of Many faces [Part1]
    "Episode 1 :
    This first episode details the biography of Dave.
    A true blue David the Chameleon emerges from a blue egg - royal blue being the Conservative party's colour & goes to school, wearing a straw hat, an allusion to his Etonian past..."
    + Part 2
    "Episode 2 :
    The message of this episode is largely the same as that of the previous one; repeating a number of scenes and accusations.
    We see Cameron getting linked to Black Wednesday as that was seen as the low point in John Major's reign as Prime Minister..." 
    (YouTube)

 

 

Cinema :

W.E.

UNLAWFUL KILLING :

IRONCLAD :



  • Why is King John the classic villain ?
    "A new film about King John further underlines history's judgement of the medieval English monarch as a cruel tyrant.
    But among the dozens of bad kings and despots, why is John always the pantomime villain?"
    (BBC)



 

THE KING'S SPEECH :