INCREDIBLE MONARCHS

LEAD IN:

What do you know about British Royal Family?

Who was Lady Diana?

1-Read the following biography of Princess Diana and complete with the correct form of the
verb.

(Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor; Born Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997)

Princess Diana _______ 1 (be) an iconic figure of

the late 20th Century. She was admired for her
charity work; in particular her work with AIDS
patients. Married to Prince Charles in 1981, she
_____ 2 (receive) the title of “Her Royal Highness
Princess Diana of Wales”.

Diana ____ 3 (be) born to an aristocratic family

who links to the Royal Family. Her father was
Edward Spencer. Edward Spencer was a direct
descendent of Charles II.. Diana _____ 5 (grow) up
in the family home of Park House, before moving to
Althorp in 1975. When she _____ 8 (meet) her future husband, Diana was working as a part
time assistant in a nursery school in London

In 1981, Diana ______ 9 (marry) Prince Charles. She was 20, and Charles was 33 at the time.
Over 1 billion people world-wide _______10 (watch) The wedding .During their marriage they
_____ 11 (have) two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. However, in the mid 1980s,
tensions _______ 12(start) to appear, and under much publicity, the marriage ______
13(break) up resulting into a divorce in 1992. During this period Diana _____ 14 (suffer) various
health problems such as bulimia and depression.

Shortly before her death, June 18th Princess Diana met with Mother Teresa. Both ______ 15
(admire) each other. Lastly, Diana ______ 16(die) on 31st August, 1997, in a car crash involving
Dodi Al-Fayed. The death of Diana ______ 17 (have) a profound impact on the British public
and those in other countries.

2- Make these sentences TRUE by turning them into the negative.

a- Diana married in 1982.

b- She grew up in Hyde Park
c- She worked as a teacher.
d- She had three children.
e- She died in 1998.
3- Read the biography again and place the events in the correct paragraph

PARAGRAPH 1 INTRODUCTION

ABOUT HIS/HER CHILDHOOD

PARAGRAPH 2

WHY HE/SHE BECAME FAMOUS

PARAGRAPH 3

PARAGRAPH 4 ABOUT HIS/HER DEATH

*Name
*His/her last years
*Relevant information about the person´s childhood years (in chronological order)
*how and when this person die
*Date of birth/ place of birth
*Famous for
*Relevant information about the sequence of events that made that person famous (in
chronological order)
*Occupation

4- Use the information given to write Queen Victoria´s biography.

Name: Alexandrina Victoria of Kent

Date of Birth: 24th May 1837

Place of birth: London

Occupation : Queen of England

Famous for: her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her
predecessors.

1837- 1855 - lives a quiet, secluded childhood in Kensington Palace

 -receives a liberal education in music, drawing, natural philosophy, history, and
foreign languages

1855- Succeeds her uncle, William IV, at the age of 18

1840- marries her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

1861- Albert dies, Victoria never recovers

- Becomes unpopular for her subsequent withdrawal from public life

1870-gradually returns to public view and,

- is restored to favour with the British public

1877-becomes empress of India

1901- dies on 22nd January at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

FINAL TASK:

CHOOSE A FAMOUS MONARCH OR RULER AND FIND INFORMATION TO WRITE HIS/HER

BIOGRAPHY FOLLOWING THE MODEL GIVEN