CONTENTSconstitutionalmonarchyBritishroyalfamilyWindsorCastleTroopingtheColourAfterthegloriousrevolutionBritainbeganaconstitutionalmonarchy.TheGloriousRevolution(光荣革命)inBritaincreatedaconstitutionalmonarchy(君主立宪)whichaimedatlimitingthearbitrary(专断的)actionsandincreasingthepowerofParliament(议会,国会).InBritain,theQueenistheheadofstate(国家,政府).Butshehasverylittlepowerandplaysnoactivepartinpolitic.Herroleislargelyceremonial(仪式的).CONTENTSTroopingtheColour(皇室军队庆典游行)TheofficialbirthdayoftheSovereignismarkedeachyearbyamilitaryparadeandmarch-past,knownasTroopingtheColour.(英国皇家军队阅兵仪式是专为英国君主官方庆生举行的分列式阅兵仪式)CONTENTSBritishroyalfamilyBritishroyalfamilyThesymboloftheBritishroyalfamilyElizabethIIElizabethIIElizabethII,fullnameElizabethAlexandraMary(1926-),queenofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(1952-).ElizabethIImarriedPrincePhilipin1947,andgavebirthto3sonsandadaughter.Elizabethsucceeded(继承)tothethrone(君主)onthedeathofherfatherinFebruary1952.Theroyal[‘rɔiəl](皇室的)familyhasalsosomechangesduringElizabeth’sreign.PrincePhilipwasbornonJune10,1921,ontheGreekislandofCorfu(科孚岛).PhilipmarriedthethenPrincessElizabethin1947.HeusedtobethePrinceofGreeceandDenmark.In1947,heengagedtoPrincessElizabethandhegaveuphisclaimtothrone.+HRHPrinceWilliamofWalesPrinceWilliamandKateMiddletonmetin2001.Theirengagementon20October2010wasannouncedon16November2010.Thebuild-uptotheweddingandtheoccasionitselfattractedmuchmediaattention,beingcomparedinmanywayswiththe1981marriageofWilliam'sparents.WeddingofPrinceWilliamandCatherineMiddletonCONTENTSWindsorCastleWindsorCastle,locatedincityofWindsorinsouthernEngland,istheprincipalresidence(主要府邸)oftheBritainroyalfamily.ENDThankyouforyourattention!