Themonarchy•Thesettingmonarch•Theroleofthemonarchytoday•TheroyalfamilyTheMonarchQueenElizabethIIRealname:ElizabethAlexandraMaryWindsor伊丽莎白·亚历山德拉·玛丽·温莎Birth:21April1926inLondonChildren:3sons,1daughter•Sheaccededtothethroneon6February1952•hasbeen88yearsoldnow•gottheBritishpeople'srespectandloveBuckinghamPalacetheofficialLondonresidenceoftheBritishmonarch•Sheisthereigningqueenof16independentsovereignstatesknownastheCommonwealthrealms•Only1953-1992,thequeenhasvisitedmorethan40countries•Thequeen'sfirstvisittoChinain1986,shewasalsothefirstBritishmonarchtovisitChinaThequeen’spowerTodaythesovereignonlyhasanceremonialrolerestrictedinexerciseofpowerbyconventionandpublicopinionSuperficially,sheis:1)officialheadofstate2)headofthelegalsystemofBritain3)headofthejudiciary3)commander-in-chief(最高统帅)ofthearmedforces4)headoftheChurchofEngland-----SheappointsthePrimeMinister,ministers,andimportantofficialsandofficers.-----Shepresides(主持担任)thegreatstatefunctions-----Shegivesmanyimportanthonorsandawards.-----Sheconcludestreaties(和约,协议)anddeclareswar.-----Sheremits(赦免)allorpartofthesentencepassedonacriminalbygrantinga‘royalpardon赦免令’.TheImportanceofMonarchy1.Effectsonpublicattitude3.Asymbolofnationalunity4.Preservesthehumanrightsandproperty2.RepresentsthepoliticalcontinuityandadaptabilityTheRoyalfamilyqueen’smarriageThePrincePhilipqueen’shusbandtheprinceofDenmarkhasmarriedtoqueenformorethan60years.theyarecalledthemodelcouplePrinceCharlesistheheirtothethroneHishastwosonsPrinceWilliamandPrinceHarryPrinceWilliamPrinceCharles’eldestsonThesecondheirtothethroneHemarriedtoKateMiddletonIn2011andtheyhavetheirfirstsoninlastyearPrince’swedding