The document discusses Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, including her early life, role as monarch, travels, and influence on style and fashion. It provides biographical details on her upbringing, education, marriage, and children. While some argue over her actual power, the document examines her role as a visible symbol of the country that brings traditions and represents the monarchy at important events. It also explores how she modernized the monarchy and became a popular public figure through walkabouts and worldwide travels. The queen has become a style icon, and fashion designers draw inspiration from her colorful outfits and signature hats.

1. Edelshtein Anastasia RIMO-206

2. There are lots of argues about the Queen in UK
nowadays. Who is she? Is she the main figure in the
state? Does she have real power? Is she leaded by
someone? Or she only has the role of embodiment of the
power, visible symbol and nice statuette? Yes, I want to
prove that she is beautiful and cheerful woman that has
an important role – to show everyone that her country is
leaded by Monarch, that she saves traditions and customs
and attendants important meetings. And also I want to
show that she has become an icon of the style and
fashion.

3. Contents:
1) Biography
• Early life
• The new Queen
• A popular traveler
2) Power or symbol?
3) Interesting facts
4) Her own style
5) People follow her
6) Opinions
7) Stand out in the crowd

4. Early life
Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926, in
London, England, the oldest child of the Duke
of York and his wife, Elizabeth. Her father
became King George VI of Great Britain and
Ireland in 1936 when his older brother Edward
VIII (1894–1972) gave up the throne. Along
with her younger sister, Margaret, Elizabeth
was educated at home by private tutors. She
particularly liked history, languages, and
music. She later took an interest in national
affairs. As a teenager Elizabeth began to make
her first public appearances. She married
Philip Mountbatten in November 1947, and
they had four children—Prince Charles (1948–
), Princess Anne (1950–), Prince Andrew
(1960–), and Prince Edward (1964–).

5. The new queen
After Elizabeth became queen in 1952, she tried
in her own way to make the British monarchy
more modern and more sensitive to the public.
She began hosting informal luncheons at
Buckingham Palace (the London residence of the
queen) to which a variety of people from fields
such as industry, theater, and sports were invited.
The attendees of her garden parties became
increasingly diverse. She showed interest and skill
in use of the broadcast media, notably in her
annual Christmas television messages, in royally
approved documentaries, and in television
broadcasts of events such as Prince Charles's
naming ceremony as Prince of Wales and royal
weddings.
Perhaps the most popular of Elizabeth's attempts
was the "walkabout," in which she met, shook
hands, and chatted with ordinary people in the
crowds that gathered around her. These strolls
revealed her belief that "I have to be seen to be
believed."

6. A popular traveler
At least part of Elizabeth's popularity could be attributed to her
worldwide travels. Her engaging and gracious attitude during these
travels contributed to the warmth and enthusiasm of the receptions
that greeted her. Between 1970 and 1985 she had an amazingly full
schedule. She visited France in the spring of 1972, attended the
Commonwealth Conference in Ottawa in 1973, and took part in the
United States celebrations of the two-hundredth anniversary of
American independence from England. She then headed north to
Montreal to open the 1976 Summer Olympics. She also traveled
some fifty-six thousand miles as part of her 1977 Silver Jubilee
celebrations, which marked her twenty-fifth year as queen. In 1979
she traveled to Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United
Arab Emirates, and Oman.
In April 1982 Elizabeth made an important visit to Ottawa, Canada,
where she proclaimed the New Canadian constitution, which cut the
last legal links between the United Kingdom and Canada. In March
1984 she visited Jamaica, Grand Cayman Island, Mexico, California,
and British Columbia, Canada. While in California, her first trip to the
west coast of North America, she made some twenty public
appearances, including a visit with Prince Philip to President Ronald
Reagan's (1911–) Santa Barbara ranch and to Yosemite National
Park. She went to North America again in 1984, visiting Canada for
the fourteenth time and afterward the United States.

7. Power or symbol?
• «In tomorrow's world we must all
work together as hard as ever, if we're
truly to be United Nations»
(Elizabeth II)
But where the queen works and what does she do
every day? Does she influence on the main difficult
questions which should be solved in the UK or she
just a fashionable symbol of the state?

8. • «We are a moderate,
pragmatic people, more
comfortable with practice
than theory»
(Elizabeth II)
On one hand:
Is it true?
Does the queen do something herself using
practice?
On the other hand:
Does she need do it?
She is a beautiful icon and it`s enough.
The great 19th-century journalist and
constitutional scholar Walter Bagehot said the
monarch had the prerogative "to be consulted, to
encourage and to warn“, not to deal with problems
and think about decisions.

9. • «I cannot lead you into battle. I do not
give you laws or administer justice but I
can do something else - I can give my heart
and my devotion to these old islands and
to all the peoples of our brotherhood of
nations»
(Elizabeth II)

10. Some interesting facts…
…which can prove:
• that Elizabeth II is easily carried away with
different things
• that she spends time on doing what she
wants and what she is interested in
• that she also has hobbies
• that she does lots of formal things which
makes people think that she has real power
1. The Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, introduced small, informal luncheon
parties at Buckingham Palace to meet distinguished people from all professions, trades and
vocations. The first was held on May 11, 1956, and the tradition continues to this day. There are
usually six to eight guests and two members of the royal household in attendance.
2. Elizabeth is patron of more than 600 charities and organizations.
3. Elizabeth was the first British monarch to celebrate her diamond
wedding anniversary.
4. The Queen has an extensive collection of jewelry, most of which are crown jewels, some inherited
and some gifts, including the largest pink diamond in the world. Some of her well-known pieces include
a brooch of diamonds forming a spray of wattle that was presented by the Australian government in
1954 and a necklace of large square-cut aquamarines and diamonds with earrings, given as a gift in her
coronation year by the ambassador of Brazil, which Elizabeth wore on her French state visit in 200.

11. 5. She has visited the sets of a number of popular British soap operas, including Coronation Street,
EastEnders and Emmerdale.
6. She has four dogs, which live in the palace with the queen and sleep in special large
baskets; they are driven in a limousine and they are dressed by designers. Every day
Elizabeth II early in the morning walks with her pets.
7. Technically, the Queen still owns
8. She has given out approximately the sturgeons, whales and dolphins
90,000 Christmas puddings to staff, in the waters around the U.K. A
continuing the custom of King statute from 1324, during the reign
George V and King George VI. In of King Edward II, states, "Also the
addition, the Queen gives her entire King shall have ... whales and
staff gifts at Christmastime. sturgeons taken in the sea or
elsewhere within the realm." This
statute is still valid today, and
sturgeons, porpoises, whales and
dolphins are recognized as "fishes
royal": when they are captured
within 3 miles (about 5 km) of U.K.
shores or wash ashore, they may be
8. She has given out approximately 90,000 Christmas
claimed on behalf of the Crown.
puddings to staff, continuing the custom of King George V
Generally, when brought into port, a
and King George VI. In addition, the Queen gives her entire
sturgeon is sold in the usual way, and
staff gifts at Christmastime.
the purchaser, as a gesture of loyalty,
requests the honor of its being
accepted by Elizabeth.

12. «I have to be seen to be believed»
And she is
believed because
of her outward,
visible and
bright image.
"I think she looks very stylish and she's kind of created her own style. You can't
really compare it with what's going on in fashion or with anyone else because
what she wears suits her and does what it's supposed to do. She always looks
like the Queen. We'd be very disappointed if she ever did anything different."
"I think she'll be bright and colorful - it's a quite formulaic approach because she
needs bright colors so people can see her and hats have always got to have an
upturned brim so her face is not hidden and obviously they must be secured so
they don't blow off in the wind. Hems are always weighted so the skirts don't fly
up and create a wardrobe malfunction.“

13. She is one of the most photographed women in the world!
How much has she influenced ordinary women's dress?
"To design a dress for the Queen means you are creating something for the world's
most famous woman, who's seen by more people on a daily basis than anyone else.
She also has an image in people's minds that you have to fulfil," says Stewart Parvin,
who's been designing for the Queen since 2000.
Grazia magazine's style director, Paula Reed, thinks the Queen is, and always has been, stylish.
"There was a moment, six or seven years ago, when suddenly the traditional British thing was
cool, and at the Dolce & Gabbana show all the models were wearing below-the-knee tweed
skirts, headscarves and big, boxy bags - and the inspiration was so literally, the Queen."

14. Opinions
"She dresses for her age, which is appropriate, you could never say she's mutton
dressed as lamb. She doesn't look uncomfortable, she's not a slave to fashion,
and that's important. She supports British design, but she's not going to set the
fashion world on fire. The most important thing to remember is - don't dress for
anybody but yourself, and I think that's what she has in mind."
The Telegraph's fashion expert Hilary Alexander agrees that "in her
younger days" the Queen was in step with fashion and certainly had
an influence on the fashions of the 50s and 60s, but that "latterly
she's very much developed her own style".
"She's a businesswoman who dresses for her lifestyle. It's
comfortable, elegant and appropriate."
"Anybody who is in the public eye, people follow them. I remember that
around the time of the Silver Jubilee when the Queen would wear
something on a tour, people would immediately snap it up if there was
something similar in the shops. Manufacturers would phone me up and say
'you must do some more like that, they're wonderful sellers'."

15. Special or ordinary, official or casual, light or dark, but always stylish…
HATS
Milliner Freddie Fox spent 34 years designing the Queen's hats - including his most
photographed creation, a hat with pink bells on that she wore for her Silver Jubilee.
Her hats have become something of a trademark, Fox says, and help her stand out in
the crowd, but he agrees with Wayne Hemingway that "comfort is of prime
importance in all of her clothing“.

16. She could be strong, great,
majestic, strong-willed and
reasonable but she always will be
only a queen of the style who can
just support UK outwardly.