"Королевские традиции"

Royal Traditions

Royal Traditions

Royal Traditions

Royal Traditions

Attention!

Troop - разг. Проходить строем

Colour - знамя

Trooping of the Colour – вынос знамени; торжественный развод караулов

Brass band – духовой оркестр

Horse Guards – конногвардейский полк

Regiment - полк

Changing of the guard – смена караула

Maundy money – великопостная милостыня

Maundy Thursday – великий четверг (на страстной неделе)

Good Friday – страстнáя пятница

Easter - Пасха

Swan - лебедь

Birthday Honours – награждения ко дню рождения королевы

Order of Garter – орден Подвязки

Sovereign – суверен, правитель

The Trooping Of The Colour

The Queen is the only person in Britain with two birthdays. Her real birthday is on April 21st, but she has an “official” birthday, too. That’s on the second Saturday in June. And on the Queen’s official birthday, there is a traditional ceremony called the Trooping of the Colour. It’s a big parade with brass bands and hundreds of soldiers at Horse Guards’ Parade in London. A “regiment” of the Queen’s soldiers, the Guards, march in front of her. At the front of the parade is the regiment’s flag or “colour”.

The Guards are trooping the colour. Thousands of Londoners and visitors watch in Horse Guards’ Parade. And millions of people at home watch it on television.

The Changing Of The Guard

This happens every day at Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s home in London. Soldiers stand in front of the palace. Each morning these soldiers (the “guard”) change. One group leaves and another arrives. In summer and winter tourists stand outside the palace at 11.30 every morning and watch the Changing of the Guard.

Building Guard

Maundy Money

Maundy Thursday is the day before Good Friday, at Easter. On that day the Queen gives Maundy money to a group of old people. This tradition is over 1,000 years old. At one time the king or queen washed the feet of poor, old people on Maundy Thursday. That stopped in 1754.

Swan Upping

Here’s very different royal tradition. On the River Thames there are hundreds of swans. A lot of these beautiful white birds belong, traditionally, to the king or queen. In July the young swans on the Thames are about two months old. Then the Queen’s swan keeper goes, in a boat, from London Bridge to Henley. He looks at all the young swans and marks the royal ones. The name of this strange but interesting custom is Swan Upping.

The Queen’s Telegram

This custom is not very old, but it’s for very old people. On his or her one hundredth birthday, a British person gets a telegram from the Queen.

The Birthday Honours List And The New Year’s Honours List

Twice a year at Buckingham Palace, the Queen gives titles or “honours”, once in January and once in June.

There are a lot of different honours. Here are a few:

C.B.E. – Companion of the British Empire

O.B.E. – Order of the British Empire

M.B.E. – Member of the British Empire

(These honours began in the nineteenth century. Then Britain had an empire.)

Knighthood – a knight has “Sir” before his name. A new knight kneels in front of the Queen. She touched first his right shoulder, then his left shoulder with a sword. Then she says “Arise, Sir…[his first name]”, and the knight stands.

Peerage – a peer is a lord. Peers sit in the House of Lords. That’s one part of the Houses of Parliament. The other part is the House of Commons. Peers call the House of Commons “another place”.

Dame/Baroness – these are two of the highest honours for a woman.

And Now! Find the Equivalents

1. Troop

1. Орден

2. Colour

2. Подвязки Знамя

3. Brass band

3. Проходить строем

4. Horse Guards

4. Полк

5. Regiment

5. Конногвардейский полк

6. Духовой оркестр

6. Maundy money

7. Страстнáя пятница

7. Maundy Thursday

8. Пасха

8. Good Friday

9. Великий четверг (на страстнóй неделе)

9. Easter

10. Награждения ко дню рождения королевы

10. Birthday Honours

11. Великопостная милостыня

11. Order of Garter

Answer the following questionS, please

• How many birthdays does the Queen have?
• There is a traditional ceremony on the Queen’s official birthday. How is it called?
• What happen every day at Buckingham Palace?
• What does “Maundy Thursday” mean?
• What Birthday Honours have you learnt?

Thank you!

Well done!