Famous people of Great Britain

FAMOUS WOMEN IN GREAT BRITAIN

BOUDICA
Boudica was the Queen of warriors. Her husband was killed during the fight in 61 century in Britain. She was the leader of anti-Roman revolt. Her name means «pobeda» (victory).
Boudica was tall, clever and charming woman.

Mary Tudor (1496-1533) was the youngest daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth York. She was the wife of Ludwig XII and grandmother of Jane Grey.
But she loved Charles Brandon and some years later she got married with him. You can read a book or see a film about Tudor's Family and Mary Tudor.

Mary Tudor I (1516-1558) or Bloody Mary was the daughter of Henry VIII and Elizabeth Aragon. Her life wasn’t happy. She was very serious and never cried. In Britain you can't find her monuments or sculptures. The day of her death was a national holiday.

Anne Boleyn (1507-1536) was the second wife of Henry VIII. She was the mother of the future England Queen – Elizabeth I.
Henry wanted to have the son – heir, but his wife, Elizabeth Aragon couldn’t have another children and Henry VIII decided to have another wife.

Elizabeth I (1533-1603) – the Queen of England and Ireland, she was the last Tudor. Many historics said that when Elizabeth was the Queen of England it was the Golden Time for England. Her motto was «Semper eadem»– «Всегда та же». England become more powerful during ElizabethꞋ s ruler. Elizabeth tried to be wise queen and do a lot for England.

Victoria ( 1819 – 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India. Her reign as the Queen lasted 63 years and 7 months, the longest in history.
The time of her reign is known as the Victorian era, a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military progress. She was happy in her marriage and had 9 children and 42 grandchildren. She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover. The Queen Victoria was the greatest woman.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) a famous English writer. She is named «The first lady of British literature». She wrote not many works but all of them are brilliant. Her well-known books are: «Pride & Prejudice»
«Sense & Sensibility»
«Emma»
«Lady Susan»
«Mansfield Park»

Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)
was born in Yorkshire, England. After her mother's death in 1821, Charlotte was sent away to school by her aunt. After finishing school, Charlotte worked as a teacher and then as a governess in Yorkshire. In August of 1846 Charlotte began to work on Jane Eyre, which was published only in October, 1847 and immediately became popular. Jane Eyre was a poor girl, her life was difficult. She worked as a teacher, a governess, then she inherits money, and then got married.

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) is one of the outstanding woman in the world and known as The Lady with the Lamp, was the pioneer of modern nursing. Each year, the International Nurses Day is celebrated on her birth anniversary.

Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Queen Mother) (19001900- 2002) was a wife of the King George VI and a mother of Queen Elizabeth II.

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, this is the full name of the Queen, she became the queen at the age of 26 in 1952. She was born on the 26 of April in 1926.
Some interesting facts:
during the Second World War she joined the Armed Forces, the first female monarch to do so, and helped drive and repair military trucks. Just imagine: the Queen driving or repairing a military truck!
one of her hobbies is photography.
she also enjoys horse racing, fishing and walking in the countryside.
as a child she called herself “Lilibet’, a name that members of her family still use.
the Queen in the only person in Great Britain who doesn’t have a passport! She is also the only person in the country who can drive without a licence or number plate on her state car.

- queen Elizabeth joined Facebook in November 2010, with a page called the British Monarchy. She joined Twitter in 2009, and now teams at Buckingham Palace tweet daily updates.
- she speaks French very well and often uses the language during her state visits. She doesn’t need an interpreter.
- in the past 60 years, Elizabeth II has been on 261 official visits to 116 different countries.
- the Queen has 2 birthdays – her real one, on the 26th of April, and an official one, on the second Saturday of June each year.

Diana Spencer (1961-1997)
Why was Diana the most famous, the most beautiful, the most photographed woman in the world?
She was a kind woman. Hundreds of people talked about Diana's kindnesses. She liked people. She visited hospitals for people with AIDS and for lepers and wasn't afraid to touch them, talk to them, listen to them. She wanted to give them a part of her soul, to make them happy because she was unhappy herself. She wanted to give them love, because she needed love herself. She was the People's Princess.
She died in 1997 in Paris

Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), also known as “The Iron Lady”, was born in 1925.
She was the first Europe’s female Prime Minister and served longer than any other British Prime
Minister in
the 20th century.

Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) was the most beautiful woman in the world. She was the talented actress. We think that everybody saw the nicest film «The gone to the wind»

Kate Middleton is the British Princess and a wife of Prince William.
She is young, beautiful and charming.

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is a British actress and model. Emma was born in
1990 15 April. She is well-known thanks
her roles in films about Harry Potter as
Hermione Granger. British people called her
«Our English Rose». She is very young but very talented.

As you know there are a lot of outstanding people not only in Britain but all over the world. Every nation is very proud of it's well-known people: scientists, musicians, composers, queens and kings.
We believe that in future we'll be famous too and our school, our relatives and our country will be proud of us.