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- 1. THE UNITED KINGDOM GEOGRAPHY & CULTURE
- 2. The United Kingdom (The U.K.) is formed by 4 countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. London is the capital of The U.K., which is in England. The flags of The U.K.
- 3. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. London is the capital of England. Cardiff is the capital of Wales.
- 4. The U.K. Population THE U.K. POPULATION: AROUND 66 MILLION PEOPLE. COUNTRIES POPULATION ENGLAND 55 MILLION PEOPLE WALES 3.113.000 PEOPLE SCOTLAND 5. 300.000 PEOPLE NORTHERN IRELAND 1.877.000 PEOPLE THE U.K. POPULATION CAPITALS POPULATION LONDON (ENGLAND) 8.877.000 PEOPLE CARDIFF (WALES) 447.000 PEOPLE EDINBURGH (SCOTLAND) 489.000 PEOPLE BELFAST (NORTHERN IRELAND) 333.000 PEOPLE
- 5. The United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-south-west. We can also point out the Irish Sea between Ireland and The U.K. Some important cities in The U.K. include: Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Oxford, Cambridge, York,… (all of them in England) Glasgow (Scotland),…
- 6. RIVERS
- 7. MOUNTAINS PEAK BEN NEVIS is the highest mountain (peak) in the British Isles, located in the Grampian Mountains, in Scotland. Standing at 1,345 metres.
- 8. LOCH LOMOND AND THE TROSSACHS NATIONAL PARK CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARKLOCH NESS SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK LOUGH NEAGH LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK
- 9. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 6th February 1952. NOW THEN She lives in London, in Buckingham Palace. Her husband is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They’ve got three sons and one daughter: - Charles, Prince of Wales. - Anne, Princess Royal. - Prince Andrew, Duke of York. - Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
- 11. Princess Diana, known as Lady Di, was Princess of Wales while married to Prince Charles. One of the most adored members of the British royal family. She married the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, on July 29, 1981. They had two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, and later divorced in 1996. Diana died on August 31, 1997, from injuries she sustained in a car crash in Paris. She is remembered as the "People's Princess" because of her widespread popularity and global humanitarian efforts.
- 12. Dodi Fayed was the son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed El Fayed. He was in a romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales. In the early-morning hours of 31 August 1997, Diana and Fayed died in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma underpass, in Paris. Investigations by French and British police concluded that their chauffeur, Henri Paul, was driving under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs; paparazzi chasing the couple are also believed to have contributed to the accident.Fayed's father, Mohamed Al-Fayed, has claimed that the couple were executed by MI6 agents. It was rumoured that the Royal Family murdered them because this relationship was a scandal for the Crown.
- 13. Fayed's father erected two memorials to his son and Diana at Harrods. The first, unveiled on 12 April 1998, consists of photos of the two behind a pyramid-shaped display that holds a wine glass still smudged with lipstick from Diana's last dinner, as well as a ring Fayed purchased the day before they died. The second, unveiled in 2005 and titled Innocent Victims, is a 3-metre- high bronze statue of the two dancing on a beach, beneath the wings of an albatross.
- 15. BRITISH CULTURE: FILM DANIEL DAY- LEWIS ALFRED HITCHCOCK CHARLES CHAPLIN JULIE ANDREWS SEAN CONNERY (JAMES BOND) KATE WINSLET
- 16. BRITISH CULTURE: LITERATURE C. S. LEWIS J. R. R. TOLKIEN J. K. ROWLING ROALD DHAL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
- 17. BRITISH CULTURE: PAINTING FRANCIS BACON “HEAD VI” JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE “THE LADY OF SHALOTT” LUCIAN FREUD “MAN’S HEAD” JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS “OPHELIA”