Answer the following questions after your reading the chapter.

a. Who is the Head of State in Britain?

b. Find out which countries in Europe have a monarchy.

c. Make a list of three things you think a king or a queen should do.

2. Please, express your opinion on the idea of a monarchy:

a. Do you think a royal family should set an example? Why?

b. Look at the caricatures of King George IV in 1792 and the present royal family. Should the mass media show the royal family in this way?

c. Does our country have a monarchy? What was the attitude to this aspect in our country?

d. Do you think the idea of a monarchy is out of day?

Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Prince Philip and their dogs,

as seen on a satirical television programme.