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THE BRITISH
ROYAL
FAMILY
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1 Warm up

Watch a video about the royal children and discuss the following questions.

1. Who are the children in the British royal family?

2. What did you learn about them?

2 Focus on vocabulary

Match the titles of the member of the royal family to the pictures.

The Duchess of Sussex The Duke of Sussex The Prince of Wales

The Princess of Wales King Charles III Queen Elizabeth II

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

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3 Listening comprehension

Part A: Listen to the podcast about the royal family. Put the topics in the order they talk about them.

Is the monarchy going to end?

The Charlotte effect

Goodbye to a queen

1 The Netflix series The Crown

How famous and popular the royal members are

Prince Harry’s book

Glossary
monarchy - a system of government with a king or queen

Part B: Listen again and complete the sentences with a word, a number or a short phrase.

1. More than million people have watched The Crown.

2. 99% of British people know Queen Elizabeth, and 79% her.

3. Meghan is very famous but not so .

4. King Charles III is worth $ million.

5. Princess Charlotte is the most member of the royal family.

6. In 2022, over 250,000 people waited for up to to say goodbye to

the queen.

7. Harry and Meghan moved to the .

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4 Reading comprehension
Part A: You are going to read a text about Queen Elizabeth II. While reading, match the headings with
the correct paragraphs in the text below.

A) Beauty skills E) Language exchange

B) Tea and important conversations F) Royal riches

C) A young queen G) A modern queen

D) Two celebrations H) No driving license

QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Queen Elizabeth was the British monarch that stayed the longest on the throne and was also one of
the most popular. Here’s some information you might not know about her.

1.

She became queen when she was 25 and was the British monarch for 70 years, before passing away on September
8, 2022.

2.

The Queen had two birthdays: April 21st, which is the day she was born in 1926, and her official birthday, which
in the UK is in June.

3.

When she was in London, the Queen met with the prime minister every week. She met fifteen prime ministers of
the United Kingdom in her life, including Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher.

4.

Like all British kings and queens, Queen Elizabeth II did not have to pass a test to drive, and she didn’t need a
passport.

5.

The Queen was one of the richest people in the world. Even after her death, she is worth around $500 million.

6.

The Queen spoke fluent French and used it on special visits. She did not need a translator.

7.

The Queen joined Facebook in 2010, and Twitter in 2014. Staff at Buckingham Palace tweeted daily for her.

8.

The Queen did her own make-up for her wedding.

Sources: CNBC, Peoplemag, euronews, The Guardian, Metro

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Part B: Read the article again. Then put true (T) or false (F), next to the statements below.

1. The Queen celebrated her birthday more than once.

2. The Queen needed a passport when she travelled.

3. The Queen met the prime minister every six months.

4. The Queen didn’t speak another language.

5. The Queen had social media accounts.

5 Speaking

Part A: Choose a member of the royal family. Write four clues about them. In pairs, read the most
difficult clue to your partner, then an easier one, until the other student guesses who it is.

1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Part B: In groups, discuss the questions below.

1. How many countries with a monarch can you think of?

2. What are the good and bad points of having a king or queen?
3. Do you think it’s still necessary to have royal families? Why/why not?
4. What do you think of Harry’s book?
5. What questions would you like to ask a monarch?
6. What would you do if you were a monarch for one day?

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6 Extension activities/homework

Task A: Complete the script of the podcast with the words below. Then listen again and check.

Reporter: In our podcast today, we’re talking about one of the most famous families in the
world: the British royals! They became even more famous after Netflix’s series "The
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Crown" went on . Have you watched it? Well, over
70 million people have!
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Reporter: All members of the royal family are famous, but some
are more popular than others. According to the website YouGov, the late Queen
Elizabeth II is the most famous member: 99% of British people know who she is.
She’s also the most popular, with 79%. The Prince of Wales is also very famous, with
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98%, but his is more popular than him. Meghan, the
Duchess of Sussex, is really famous, with 98%, but not very popular: only 29% like
her.
Reporter: But how much is each member worth? The website Reader’s Digest made a
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. Prince William and Prince Harry are both worth $40
million each, and their father, King Charles III is worth $100 million. His mother,
Queen Elizabeth is worth a lot more, $550 million, but nowhere near the royal
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. Prince George, the future king, is worth $3.6 billion
and his sister Charlotte even more: $5 billion!
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Reporter: So, in a way, the most member of the family is not the
king: it’s little Princess Charlotte! It’s called the Charlotte effect: all the girls want to
be like her, so all clothes she wears are sold out from shops the next day.
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Reporter: When Queen Elizabeth away in 2022, it was a major
moment in British history. 250,000 people waited up to 19 hours in a queue to say
goodbye to her. But at the same time, many people started asking if the United
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Kingdom really a royal family.
Reporter: There were other problems: Prince Harry and Meghan went to live in the
United States and Harry wrote a book called Spare, which also created
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for the royal family. Could this be the end of the royal
family? Probably not anytime soon, as a lot of people still love them!

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Task B: Match the verbs on the left to the words on the right to make royal phrases. Then write a
paragraph about the British royal family using some of them and the vocabulary you learned in this
lesson.

1. sit a. to the crowd

2. wear b. a crown

3. become c. on the throne

4. rule d. king or queen

5. wave e. a country

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