文档介绍：British royal family
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Some questions
What is the function of the British royal family ?
Why do royal family numbers have so high status ?
Why did the king Edward VIII have to abdicate?
Contents
1、The status of the British royal family
2、The system of the British royal family
The status of the British royal family
A. Introduction monwealth realm
--- 16 countries monwealth realm(英联邦王国) ;
--- Elizabeth II as their monarch and head of
state ;
--- The monwealth realms
Australia 、Canada、New Zealand 、United Kingdom 、
Antigua and Barbuda(安提瓜和巴布达) 、The Bahamas(巴哈马) 、
Barbados (巴巴多斯)、Belize (伯利兹)、Grenada (格林纳达)、
Jamaica (牙买加)、Papua New Guinea (巴布亚新几内亚)、
Saint Kitts and Nevis(圣基茨和尼维斯) 、Saint Lucia(圣卢西亚)、
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (圣文森特和格林纳丁斯)、
solomon Islands(所罗门群岛) 、Tuvalu (图瓦卢)
In the pictureBlue marks the location of monwealth realms
B、 power of the monarch
--- The official head of state, head monwealth realms;
--- Declare war and make
peace in international affairs ;
--- Forgive all or part of
a sentence passed on a criminal ;
--- Summon and dissolve parliament ;
--- Appoints many important office holders, including
government ministers, judges.
The Queen Elizabeth II
However, her powers are only theoretically valid
Practically everything she does is done on the advice of her ministers,
The Queen does it automatically without any alternative.
The system of the British royal family
--- The throne is hereditary(世袭的),
the line of ession :
The monarch's sons (and their lines) e
before the daughters (and their lines).
Older sons (and their lines) come before
younger sons (and their lines).
Older daughters and their e before
younger daughters and their lines.
A、The British throne ession