The U.K. is a political union of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and North Ireland. The capital of U.K. is London and is also the capital of England, in fact the Government resides in London. The U.K. is a constitutional monarchy with means. The Parliament governs the country, not the Monarch and in the U.K it is divided into two houses: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The monarch of the U.K. is Queen Elizabeth II of Windsor belongs to the Windsor dynasty. Originally the family name wasn't Windsor, it was German, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Elizabeth's grandfather, King George V, changed the name to Windsor in the 1917, because the German surname was very unpopular. The first Windsor was the King George V, after the new king was Edward VIII, for a short time, because he abdicate in favorite for his brother George VI, Elizabeth's father. Then he died, Elizabeth become the new Queen. She married the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. They've got four children: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer, princess of Wales, and they've got two children, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Prince of Wales. Two years ago Prince William married Catherine Middleton and have got one child, Prince George of Cambridge.
THE ROYAL FAMILY
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
Prince Charles, Lady Diana Spencer with William and Harry
Prince William, Catherine and George
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