Windsor Castle is a place where the Queen often goes for a couple of weeks.
This castle is situated just outside london, in Berkshire, south England on the river Thames.
It has been rejuvenated after a fire damaged it badly in 1996.
The castle has been a royal residence since the age of William I.
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Arthur is a legendary King whose story is based on traditions of a military leader who led a Celtic resistance against the invading Saxons in the sixth century.
According to the legend that began to appear in the 12th century, he lived in a place called Camelot.
He married a Queen whose name was Guinever.
He was brought up by Merlin, The magician.
He proved to be a king when he pulled a sword from a rock.
He received the magic sword from the Lady of the Lake.
His Knights sat at a round table.
Some say he did not
die but lives on, and will return when his country will need him.
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Within the Palace park of Versailles are two small châteaux, le grand, and le petit trianon.
Both were built
for Louis XIV by Hardouin and
Mansard.
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Henry VIII married six times.
Two of his wives were divorced, and two other ones were executed for adultery.
His divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, caused a split with the Catholic Church.
He became supreme head of the independant Church of England (1533).
His reign is also known for the
power of his advisers, Wolsey, More, and Cromwell.
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The Tower of London is a monument which has been a castle, a prison, and a fortress.
It now houses the crown jewels.
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In the past Scottish Queens and Kings lived in Edimburgh.
The union of English and Scottish crowns was established in 1603.
7. King James I of England and VI of Scotland
In
1605, Guy Fawkes and a gang of Roman Catholic conspirators wanted to blow
up the House of Lords and assassinate King James VI of Scotland and I of
England. As part of their plan, they stored gunpowder kegs in the cellars
of the House of Lords. These were going to be ignited when the King and
the rest of the political elite were assembled in the chamber above them.
Her official title in the
UK is "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her other Realms and
Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith."
Nothing in that about being "Queen of England" or indeed "Scotland" as both
those monarchies are now united under the "Great Britain" part in the
present title.
In Canada her title is "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the
United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of
the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith."
