Prince Harry
Young Prince Harry is the son of The Prince of Wales and Diana, The Princess of Wales.
Harry was born on September 15th, 1984 at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in central London. On 21st December 1984, Prince Henry Charles Albert David was christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Young Harry attended Eton College in September 1998 and took his GCSE's and A levels. After the A levels, Prince Harry took a break for a year where he went to Australia, Argentina and Africa. There he made a documentary about the plight of orphans in Lesotho. Harry entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in May 2005. He had successfully completed a 44-week training course as an Officer Cadet, before being commissioned in April 2006 as a Second Lieutenant in the Household Cavalry. While he was in the military, he also co-founded a chairty with Prince Seesio of Lesotho called Sentebale (Forget Me Not). This charity helped in supporting orphans and weak childeren in Lesotho. In February 2008, He had completed more than two months service with The British Army in the Helmland province, Afghanistan, as a Second Lieutenant and then to a Lieutenant. In January 2009, he began his two-and-a-half year training course to become a fully operational Army Air Corps helicopter pilot. The Prince is currently Patron of a number of charities and organizations and he also holds two honorary military appointments in the Royal Navy and in the Royal Air Force. Harry focuses much of his charitable activity around the Princes' Charities Forum, which is a grouping of organizations with which he and his brother have close links with. Both Harry and his brother promote ideas and initiatives to benefit all of the members. |
Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen was born on April 21, 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London.
Elizabeth was the first child of The Duke and Dcuhess of York, who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth I. When she was young she stood third in line for the throne behind King Edward VIII and her father, The Duke of York. It was actually not expected that her father would become King or that she would become Queen. When Elizabeth was six years old, her parents took over Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park as their own country home. In the grounds of Royal Lodge, Princess Elizabeth had her own small house she called Y Bwthyn Bach (the Little Cottage), which was given to her by the people of Wales in 1932. The Princesses quiet little family life came to and end within 4 years. In 1936, her grand-father, King George V had passed away. His oldest son, Edward came to the throne and he became Kind Edward VIII. His term as King didn't last long because he stepped down from the throne to marry the woman he loved, Ms. Wallis Simpson. With that, Elizabeth's father was next in line and he stepped up to the throne, becoming King George VI. Princess Elizabeth was now first in line to the throne, and people took big public interest in her. She is now known as Her Majesty The Queen, Queen Elizabeth II and doesn't seem to be stepping down from the throne any time soon. |
What role does the royal family play in modern English politics?
-Members of the Royal Family support The Queen in her many State and national duties, as well as carrying out important work in areas of the public and charitable service, and helping to strengthen national unity and stability.Every year the Royal Family as a whole carries out over 2,000 official engagements throughout the UK and worldwide.These engagements may include official State responsibilities. Members of the Royal Family often carry out official duties in the UK and abroad where The Queen cannot be present in person.
Do you think the royal family is necessary today? Why/Why not?
- Well, They have no power in government what so ever, they may be royalty, but they don't really make orders like their great great grandfathers did. Nevertheless, the royal family is loaded with money and uses it to form charities and organizations to help out the English community. So yes I do think that the royal family is still necessary.
-Members of the Royal Family support The Queen in her many State and national duties, as well as carrying out important work in areas of the public and charitable service, and helping to strengthen national unity and stability.Every year the Royal Family as a whole carries out over 2,000 official engagements throughout the UK and worldwide.These engagements may include official State responsibilities. Members of the Royal Family often carry out official duties in the UK and abroad where The Queen cannot be present in person.
Do you think the royal family is necessary today? Why/Why not?
- Well, They have no power in government what so ever, they may be royalty, but they don't really make orders like their great great grandfathers did. Nevertheless, the royal family is loaded with money and uses it to form charities and organizations to help out the English community. So yes I do think that the royal family is still necessary.