he young Queens head.
Mary: And now I have a chance to show you a short film about this ceremony.
(video film «The coronation», computer presentation)
P7: What traditional ceremonies does the Queen have to keep?
Julia: There are hundreds of traditional ceremonies which the Queen has to keep. Each year, in September or October, there is the State Opening of Parliament. The Queen, wearing her crown, arrives at the Houses of Parliament by carriage. There she reads the Queens Speech, which discusses the governments work for the next year.
Another traditional ceremony takes place on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. The Queen gives out purses of money to older people who have done good work. This is called « Maundy money» and tradition is almost seven hundred years old.
Every summer the Queen gives three or more royal garden parties at Buckingham Palace. About 8,000 guests come to each party.
P8: And what do the members of the Royal family usually do?
Mary: The Queen and other members of royal family often travel abroad as guests of other countries. They meet important visitors. They are invited to the opening of hospitals, schools, museums, embassies – not long ago Princess Anne came to Moscow for the opening ceremony of the new British Embassy. So their life is quite busy. Besides, the Queen acts as head of the government – so every day she reads official papers from the government and once a week she has a meeting with the Prime Minister. She also has to read the report of the day from the Parliament. Any law made by Parliament really becomes a law only if the Queen agrees to it. But no king or queen has refused a new law since 1701!
Being Queen is not a 9 to 5 job, and Elizabeth II has to work from early in the morning until lat
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