Accession and Coronation of Elizabeth II
After her marriage in 1947, Princess Elizabeth paid formal visits with The
Duke of Edinburgh to France and Greece, and in autumn 1951 they toured Canada.
Princess Elizabeth also visited Malta four times while Prince Philip was
stationed there on naval duties, and enjoyed the life of a naval wife and young
mother.
This way of life was not to last long, as her father's health was
deteriorating. In 1952, King George VI's illness forced him to abandon his
proposed visit to Australia and New Zealand. The Princess, accompanied by Prince
Philip, took his place.
On Wednesday, 6 February 1952, Princess Elizabeth received the news of her
father's death and her own accession to the throne, while staying in a remote
part of Kenya.
The tour had to be abandoned, and the young Princess flew back to Britain
as Queen. She was greeted by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other
officials at the airport.
The Coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953. It was a
solemn ceremony conducted by Dr Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Representatives of the peers, the Commons and all the great public
interests in Britain, the Prime Ministers and leading citizens of the other
Commonwealth countries, and representatives of foreign states were present.
Crowds of people viewed the procession all along the route, despite heavy
rain. The ceremony was also broadcast on radio around the world and, at The Queen's
request, on television for the first time.
Television brought home to hundreds of thousands of people around the
Commonwealth the splendour and significance of the Coronation in a way never
before possible.
The Coronation was followed by drives through every part of London, a
review of the fleet at Spithead, and visits to Scotland, Northern Ireland and
Wales.
From:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/AccessionCoronation/Accessionandcoronation.aspx
Worksheet
Vocabulary:
To tour: ______________
To last: ______________
Health: ______________
Illness/sickness: sick/ill
Remote/far: ______________
To greet/to welcome
To conduct: ______________
Peer: ______________
Foreign: from another country
Crowd: ______________
Despite: ______________
To broadcast: ______________
To request: to ask _request: demand
Fleet: ______________
Transparent words:
What are the new words you can guess?
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The
Commonwealth:
The Commonwealth
is an intergovernmental organization of 53 states that used to be part of the
former British Empire. It was constituted in 1949; Queen Elizabeth is the Head
of the Commonwealth and also the Monarch of 16 Commonwealth states.
Can you cite countries which used to be part of the
British Empire?
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Comprehension:
1. What is the text about?
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2. When did Princess Elizabeth get married?
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3. Where was Princess Elizabeth when her father died?
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4. On what media was the Coronation broadcast?
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5. What happened during the procession?
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6. Was Prince Philip coronated King?
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Grammar:
1.
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quel temps sont les verbes du texte?
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2. In the text, highlight the verbs.
3. What is the construction for the past tense:
Sujet + verbe + _____
4.
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a-t-il des verbes qui ne se construisent pas comme cela?
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5. Make a list.
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