The Institute of Ecology, Linguistics and Low Degree work "BRITISH MONARCHY AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS"
    
    
    
    
    
    Dunaeva Nina
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Moscow, 2003 Contents
    Part One
     INTRODUCTION
    The United kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland 4
    Direct meaning of the word "monarchy" 6
    The British constitutional monarchy 7
    
    Part Two
     HISTORY OF THE MONARCHY
    Kings and Queens of England 9
    The Anglo-Saxon Kings 9
    The Normans 23
    The Angevins 30
    The Plantagenets 33
    The Lancastrians 42
    The Yorkists 46
    The Tudors 48
    The Stuarts 58
    The Commonwealth Interregnum 63
    The Hanoverians 75
    Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 85
    The House of Windsor 87
    
    
    Part Three
     THE MONARCHY TODAY
    The Queen's role 91
    Queen's role in the modern State 91
    Queen and Commonwealth 91
    Royal visits 92
    The Queen's working day 92
    Ceremonies and pageantry 92
    The Queen's ceremonial duties 93
    Royal pageantry and traditions 93
    Royal succession 93
    The Royal Household 93
    Royal Household departments 94
    Recruitment 94
    Anniversaries 95
    Royal finances 95
    Head of State expenditure 2000-01 95
    Sources of funding 96
    Financial arrangements of The Prince of Wales 96
    Finances of the other members of the Royal Family 96
    Taxation 97
    Royal assets 97
    Symbols 98
    National anthem 98
    Royal Warrants 99
    Bank notes and coinage 100
    Stamps 102
    Coats of Arms 103
    Great Seal 104
    Flags 105
    Crowns and jewels 105
    Transport 105
    Cars 106
    Carriages 107
    The Royal Train 108
    Royal air travel 109
    
    Part Four
     THE ROYAL FAMILY
    Members of the Royal Family 111
    HM The Queen 111
    HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 111
    HRH The Prince of Wales and family 112
    HRH The Duke of York 112
    TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex 112
    HRH Princess Royal 112
    HRH Princess Alice 113
    TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester 113
    TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent 113
    TRH Prince and Princess Michael of Kent 114
    HRH Princess Alexandra 114
    Memorial Plaque
    HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 115
    HRH The Princess Margaret 115
    Diana, Princess of Wales 115
    
    Part Five
     ART AND RESIDENCES
    The Royal Collection 116
    About the Royal Collection 116
    The Royal Collection Trust 117
    Royal Collection Enterprises 117
    Publishing 118
    Royal Residences 118
    Royal Collection Galleries 118
    Loans 119
    The Royal Residences 119
    About the Royal Residences 119
    Buckingham Palace 120
    The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace 120
    The Royal Mews 121
    Windsor Castle 121
    Frogmore 122
    The Palace of Holyroodhouse 122
    Balmoral Castle 123
    Sandringham House 123
    St James's Palace 124
    Kensington Palace 124
    Historic residences 124
    
    
    Bibliography 126 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952) Government: The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a queen and a Parliament that has two houses: the House of Lords, with 574 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, 26 bishops, and the House of Commons, which has 651 popularly elected members. ............