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BRITISH PERSONALITIES

STUDENT: COJOCARU GIULYA


TEACHER: POPA ANCA
CLASS: A-VII-A A
QUEEN ELISABETH II

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born on 21 April 1926.


Is the Queen of sixteen sovereign states, known as the
Commonwealth. These are: United Kingdom, Australia,
Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas,
Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua
and Barbuda, Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis’. He
ascended the throne on February 6, 1952. He is the
longest living monarch in the world, and in the history
of Great Britain he has the longest reign, surpassing
Queen Victoria on September 9, 2015.
Elizabeth was born in London on April 21, 1926, [14] the first child of
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) and Duchess of York.
Prince Albert was the second son of King George V and Princess Mary de
Teck, whose grandmother was CoThe official coronation took place at
Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953, and the solemn ceremony was led by
Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceremony was attended
by representatives of the British nobility, along with the general public,
foreign representatives and the Commonwealth. Everyone present
attended the entire procession despite the torrential rain. The ceremony
was broadcast on radio around the world and, for the first time, at the
request of the queen, television was also present.untess Claudine Rhédey
of Sângeorgiu de Pădure. In 1947, she married Prince Philip, Duke of
Edinburgh, a former prince of Greece and Denmark, with whom she has 4
children: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Royal Princess; Andrew, Duke
of York and Edward, Earl of Wessex.
QUEEN VICTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Alexandrina Victoria was queen of the United Kingdom of Great


Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901, empress of the Indies from
1877 to 1901, and mistress of the 28 British colonies. Victoria was
born on 24 May 1901. Victoria was the daughter of Prince
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King
George III. She inherited the throne at the age of 18, after her
father's three older brothers died leaving no legitimate heirs
aliveHer reign of 63 years and 7 months, the second longest of all
British monarchs, is known as the Victorian Era. It was a period
of industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change
within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion
of the British Empire. She was the last British monarch in the
House of Hanover.
She died on Tuesday, January 22, 1901, at six o'clock
in the afternoon at the age of 81. [111] Her son and
successor, King Edward VII and her nephew,
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, sat by her
deathbed. [112] She was buried in a white dress with
a wedding ring on her finger. [113] The funeral took
place on February 2 at St George's Chapel in
Windsor Castle.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

William Shakespeare was born and raised in


Stratford-upon-Avon. was an English playwright and
poet, considered the greatest writer in English
literature and nicknamed “Bard of Avon“.
Shakespeare began a successful career in London as
an actor, writer and owner of a part of a theater
company called "The Lord Chamberlain's Men", later
known as "King's Men". Shakespeare wrote most of
his known works between 1589 and 1613.
His early plays were mainly comedies and or
historical dramas, genres that he raised to the point
of maximum refinement and art until the end of the
sixteenth century. After that, before about 1608, he
wrote especially tragedies, including the famous
Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth, considered some of
the most brilliant works in English. He died on April
23, 1616, and was buried in Stratford Parish Church.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeta_a_II-a
https://
ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_a_Regatului_Unit

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