英國王室簡介及婚禮

TheBritishRoyalFamilyTheBritishroyalfamilyhasnorealpower,buthastheloftystatusDidyouknow?Constitutionalmonarchy君主立憲TroopingtheColorElizabethIIGeorgeVIPrincessMargaretPrincePhilipWindsor(royalfamily)WindsorCastleSandringhamHousePrinceCharlesPrincessDianaConstitutionalmonarchyTheGloriousRevolution光榮革命inBritaincreatedaconstitutionalmonarchywhichaimedatlimitingthearbitrary專斷的actionsofthemonarchandincreasingthepowerofParliament.Constitutionalmonarchyisapoliticalsysteminwhichtheheadofstateisakingorqueenrulingtotheextent臨時所有令權allowedbyaconstitution憲法.InBritain,theQueenistheheadofstate.Butshehasverylittlepowerandplaysnoactivepartinpolitics.Herroleislargelyceremonial.儀式WindsorCastleAnotherdistinctivebuildingisSaintGeorge‘sChapel,begunabout1474byKingEdwardIVandcompletedin1528byKingHenryVIII.Thechapel,withitsdetailedstonevaulting,isamasterpieceoflatePerpendiculararchitecture.ItistheburialplaceoftenBritishsovereigns.KingWilliamI(theConqueror),whocamefromNormandyandsuccessfullyseizedtheEnglishthrone,builtacastleatthepresentsiteabout1070.Butthecurrentcomplex—whichincludesparksandseveralchapels—wasconstructedmostlyduringthe19thcentury.英國是君主立憲制國家，英國皇室作為凝聚國家力量的象征發(fā)揮作用，并不具備實質性權力。國王是名義上的統(tǒng)治者，由世襲產生。首相是英國政府的最高領導人，通過民選產生，掌握最高行政權力。首相可就重大事項與國王磋商，但最終決定權由議會和首相做出。英國君主與其近親的關系由其名號可知。王室成員雖然沒有嚴格的法律或者正式的定義，并且不同的名單會有不同的成員，不過擁有國王/女王陛下(HM)或者王子/公主殿下頭銜(HRH)的一般都被視為王室成員。英國王室是現(xiàn)存世界上最古老的王室，而每代君主的加冕儀式都嚴格奉行完全一樣的傳統(tǒng)，這使得英國王室的加冕典禮成為現(xiàn)存的、依然舉行的最古老的儀式。

GeorgeVIGeorgeVIisthesecondsonofKingGeorgeV.In1923hemarriedLadyElizabethBowes-Lyon,andtheyhadtwodaughters:ElizabethAlexandraMary,laterQueenElizabethII,andMargaretRose.Georgesucceededtothethroneaftertheabdication退位ofhisolderbrother,EdwardVIII.Followinghiscoronation加冕禮in1937,KingGeorgeVI,accompaniedbythequeenconsort,beganaseriesofstategoodwillvisits,travelingtoFrance,CanadaandtheUnitedStates.Thesevisitswereinterrupted不中斷byWorldWarII,duringwhichthekingvisitedmanyfronts前線inEurope.PrincessMargaretPrincessMargaret(1930-2002)istheyoungersisterofQueenElizabethII.Afterthedeathofherfather,KingGeorgeVI,in1952,sheassumed假裝的,假定的variousceremonialduties,includingofficialtoursofCommonwealthterritories.In1960PrincessMargaretmarriedBritishphotographerAnthonyArmstrong-Jones,acommoner.Theyhadtwochildren.Thecoupledivorcedin1978aftertwoyears'legalseparation.PrincePhilipPrincePhilipwasbornonJune10,1921,ontheGreek希臘islandofCorfu.PhilipisthesonofPrinceAndrewofGreeceandagreat-great-grandsonofBritain‘sQueenVictoria維多利亞.PhilipmarriedthethenPrincessElizabethin1947,atwhichtimehewasnamedDukeofEdinburgh.In1957hewascreatedPrinceoftheUnitedKingdom.PrincePhilip,anactiveadvocate倡導者ofsports,science,andeducation,hasmademanygoodwilltripsthroughouttheworld,bothasrepresentativeof,andincompanywith,QueenElizabeth.PrinceCharlesCharles,Prince(1948-

),PrinceofWalesandheirapparent顯然的tothethroneoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.InJuly1981hemarriedLadyDianaFrancesSpencer,adistantrelativeoftheroyalfamily.Theirfirstchild,PrinceWilliamArthurPhilipLouis,wasbornin1982.Theirsecondchild,PrinceHenryCharlesAlbertDavid,wasbornin1984.Afterhighlypublicizedmaritaldifficulties,CharlesandDianaseparatedin1992andwerelegallydivorcedin1996.PrincessDianaDiana,Princess(1961-1997),PrincessofWales.DianawasbornDianaFrancesSpencerinSandringham,Norfolk,England.andinDecember1992aseparationwasannounced.

OnFebruary24,1981,herengagement約會toPrinceCharles,theheirtotheBritishthrone,wasannounced.TheyweremarriedinSaintPaul’sCathedralinaninternationallytelevisedceremonyonJuly29,1981.

PrincessDianaBythelate1980sthestrainsinthemarriagehadbeenwidelypublicized,andinDecember1992aseparationwasannounced.ShewasthevicepresidentoftheBritishRedCrossandservedasamemberoftheInternationalRedCrossadvisoryboard.InAugust1996DianaandCharleswerelegallydivorced.AyearlaterDianawaskilledinanautomobileaccidentinParis,France.ElizabethIITheQueenhastwobirthdays.Oneisherrealbirthdaywhichshecelebrateswithherfamily.Theotherisherofficialbirthday,June14.TheQueen’sofficialbirthdayparadeElizabethII,fullnameElizabethAlexandraMary(1926-),queenofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(1952-),daughterofKingGeorgeVI,borninLondon.ElizabethIImarriedPrincePhilip,DukeofEdinburgh,in1947,andayearlatergavebirthtoason,Charles.In1950shegavebirthtoadaughter,Anne.Asecondson,Andrew,wasborntoElizabethin1960andathird,Edward,in1964.

RoyalWeddingPrinceWilliam&KateMiddletonStAndrewsisScotland'sfirstuniversityandthethirdoldestintheEnglish-speakingworld,foundedin1413.OversixcenturiesithasestablishedareputationasoneofEurope'sleadingandmostdistinctivecentersforteachingandresearch.PrinceWilliamHeistheeldersonof

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UniversityofStAndrews（圣安德魯斯大學）,whereshemetPrinceWilliamin2001.September2001PrinceWilliamentertheStAndrewsuniversityinScotland,metKate.September2002PrinceWilliamandKatemovedtothestudentapartmentfromthedormitorynexttocampus.May2003Katefirstappearedinthepubliceye,themediaphotographedsheandWilliamappearedinafootballgametogether.March2004PaparazziphotographedthetwooftheminaSwissskiresortonvacation.Theydeclaredromancesthroughthreeminuteslongkiss.June2005PrinceWilliamandKategraduatefromuniversity,bothoftheirfamilyandtheytwoattendedthegraduateparty.December2006KateandparentswasinvitedtoattendWilliam'sgraduationceremonyinmilitaryschools,furtherdefinethegirlfriendstatus.April2007ThereefferentthatPrinceWilliamandKatebreakup,becauseoftheirsentimentturnlight.

16November2010Britain'sroyalannouncedthatprinceWilliamandKateMiddletonisscheduledtowedin2011.SentimentroadTherouteofthewedding

On29thApril,2011ThebluediamondringmeansalotforPrinceWilliam,becauseit’sfromhismotherDiana.NowhehasgivenittohisgirlKatewhenheproposedtoher.“NowIcombinetwoimportantpersonstogether”,PrinceWilliamsaidhappily.由NordriDesign?提供TheGuinnessBookofRecords

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