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Term paper consists of 42 pages, 6 illustrations, 16 sources of information, and 6 appendixes.
Descriptive information: royal, traditions, wedding, monarch, conoration, investiture, the Queen, ceremony, Britain, Trooping the Colour, Parliament.
This work is devoted to royal ceremonies and events in Britain. Every nation and every country has its own traditions and customs. Traditions make a nation special. Some of them are old-fashioned and many people remember them, others are part of people’s life. We cannot really imagine Britain without all its traditions, this integral feature of social and private life of the people living on the British Isles that has always been an important part of their life and work.
The results of this research are:
So after this research we can say that British people are the nation with rich history, customs and traditions. All of them are carefully and respectfully observed day by day. To know the history of them is extremely important for understanding national way of life.
Each Royal tradition in Britain has its own history full of symbols and inner meaning. That’s why Royal events and ceremonies hold a powerful fascination.
This work has great significance for studying Great Britain and can be useful for every person studying English and for tourists who are interested in visiting different countries.
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British Monarchy – URL: http://www.royal.gov.uk/
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Appendix A
The Bridal Dress
The bridal dress, designed by English designer Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen, was made of satin and featured a lace applique bodice and skirt. The lace bodice design was hand-made using a technique that originated in Ireland in the 1820s called Carrickmacross, which involved cutting out the detailings of roses, thistles, daffodils and shamrocks and applying them to the ivory silk tulle individually. These lace appliques were hand-made by the Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace. The veil was held in place by a Cartier Scroll Tiara, made in 1936 and lent to her by the Queen. It was purchased by the Queen's father, the Duke of York (subsequently King George VI) for his Duchess (later Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother) three weeks before succeeding his brother Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor) as King. Princess Elizabeth (now the Queen) received the tiara from her mother on her 18th birthday. In order to avoid her tiara falling off, as had happened for Lady Diana Spencer during her 1981 wedding to the Prince of Wales, Catherine's stylists “backcombed the top [of her hair] to create a foundation for the tiara to sit around, then did a tiny plait in the middle and sewed it on.”
Appendix B
The Trooping of the Colour
The Colour (flag) is marched in front of the Coldstream Guards, during the Trooping the Colour ceremony on Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall, June 2006. During the ceremony, The Queen is greeted by a Royal salute and carries out an inspection of the troops. This military ceremony dates back to the early eighteenth century or earlier, when the colours (flags) of the battalion were carried (or ‘trooped’]) down the ranks so that they could be seen and recognized by the soldiers. Since 1748, this parade has also marked the Sovereign's official birthday. From the reign of Edward VII onwards, the Sovereign has taken the salute in person at Trooping the Colour, which is held on a Saturday in June.
Appendix C
The Changing of the Guard
The Queen's Guard in London changes in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace at 11:30am every day in the summer and every other day in the winter.
Appendix D
The Queen's Speech
Wearing the Imperial State Crown and dressed in her parliamentary robe, The Queen delivers The Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament in December 2008. The State Opening of Parliament is the most colourful event of the Parliamentary year. It is also the most important, because it brings together the three elements of the legislature (the House of Commons, the House of Lords and The Queen). The ceremony therefore represents the Crown in Parliament. As Head of State, it is the duty of The Queen formally to open each new session of Parliament. The Queen’s Speech is written by the Government of the day, and outlines the legislation which the Government plans to introduce into Parliament in the coming session.
Appendix E
The Queen’s Maundy Money
Every Easter The Queen hands out special ‘Maundy money’ to elderly people in recognition of service to their community and their church. The presentation takes place on Maundy Thursday at a different British cathedral every year and the selection is co-ordinated by the diocese (regional Church of England authority) hosting Royal Maundy that year. The number of recipients is related to the Sovereign’s age: in 2008, there were 82 male and 82 female recipients at the service in St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh. The Queen has distributed Maundy on all but four occasions since coming to the throne in 1952. Here, Her Majesty hands out Maundy money as part of the Maundy Service at Gloucester Cathedral in April 2003.
Appendix F
The Swan Upping Ceremony
The annual Swan Upping ceremony gets underway on the River Thames, July 2004. Swan Upping is the annual census of the swan population on stretches of the Thames in the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. The historic ceremony dates from the twelfth century, when the Crown claimed ownership of all mute swans. Today, the Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water, but The Queen only exercises her ownership on certain stretches of the Thames and its surrounding tributaries. This ownership is shared with the Vintners' and Dyers’ Companies, who were granted rights of ownership by the Crown in the fifteenth century. In the Swan Upping ceremony, The Queen’s Swan Marker and the Swan Uppers of the Vinters’ and Dyers’ livery companies use six traditional Thames rowing skiffs in their five-day journey up-river.