Today I would like to write about
probably the most popular woman in the UK. Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. She was born
on 21th April 1926 in London. Her father was George VI. and her
mother was Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
Maybe you are asking, why have I chosen
exactly her. It is because I am interested in history and Queen Elizabeth II.
made definitely a part of history! She lived out during the WWII., she faced
Cold war, now she still represents the Great Britain, when the Brexit is actual, etc. So I think, she
is very interesting and strong person,
who politically lived during the stormy 20 th century.
As a child, she had to study a lot. She
learnt cooking, looking after children, riding a horse, speaking for people,
religion and naturally foreign languages. Then she studied the history of UK
and constitutional law. In 1945, when she was 19
years old, she joined women auxiliary battalion –
she was driving some military lorries and reached a post of younger leader.
In 1947 she got married with Prince
Phillip. Their first child – son Charles, was born in 1948 and the second child
– daughter Anne in 1950.
When the health of her father was
getting worse, she acted for him on some social events. On 6th February
1950 king George VI. died, so she was on 2th June crowned in
Westminster abbey.
In the 80´ she had disputes with the
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She disagreed with her economic and was
annoyed that Thatcher doesn´t want to put sanctions on South Africa, where was
apartheid politic.
The 90´were for the royal family
horrible, because of some divorces and personal crises.
In 2007 she has became the oldest ruling
monarch on British throne and in 2017 the longest living British monarch, so
she has outdone queen Victoria. For nowadays,
she is for her age still very active and since 1952 perform as a patroness of
Scouts Association.
At the end of this post, I would like to give you a link for ashort video, where is her life caught in pictures:
Vocabulary:
constitutional law - ústavní právo
women auxiliary battalion - ženský pomocný prapor
abbey - opatství
outdone - překonala
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