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London. According to tradition, on som
e
occasions she's called Her Majesty.
Her Majesty's Government (cabinet)
has executive power, so it controls the
daily administration of the country.
The head of the government is the
Prime Minister (currently Theresa
May), who is answerable to both the
Lower and Upper Houses of
Parliament.
British Parliament meets in the Palace of
Westminster and consists of a Lower House
- The House of Commons - and a Upper
House - The House of Lords. It's the most
powerful legislative body in the UK, so it
has the political power to make laws or
change the existing ones. The public elects
650 Members of Parliament (members of
the House of Commons) every 5 years.
The House of Lords has 783 members who
are not elected by public but appointed.
As the British Isles are naturally
separated from the European
continent, it's connected with France
by the Channel Tunnel, which crosses
the English Channel between southern
England and northern France.
Administrative
system
It also has 14
Overseas Territories.
Prince William
is the eldest son of lady Diana and
Charles, Prince of Wales, and the second
in line to succeed his grandmother,
Queen Elizabeth II., to the British throne.
Queen Victoria
reigned for 63 years
between 1837 and
1901. Her era was
marked by the great
rise of the British
Empire and its
expansion to India,
Hong Kong and many
other territories.
John Lennon
was a founding member of the Beatles,
a legendary pop music band. He was
assassinated in New York in 1980.
The American War
of Independence
was a conflict between the United
Kingdom and the British colonies
in North America. It led to the