Royal London

Buckingham Palace
Has been an official royal palace since 1837

The Mall
runs from Buckingham palace to Trafalgar square

St-James’s Park

Hyde Park

King Henry VIII
1491 –1547
Came to the throne in 1509
Britain became independent on the Roman Catholic Church.
It became richer and more powerful.

Queen Elizabeth I
1533 – 1603
Came to the throne in 1559
The Spanish Armada
Was defeated.
Art and theatre were developed
England became very important in European politics.

Queen Victoria
1819 -1901
Came to the throne in 1837
Britain became a rich industrial country with a developed trade, an empire with a lot of colonies.

Victoria and Prince Albert

Royal Albert Hall

Monument
to Prince Albert

Victoria and Albert Museum

Elizabeth II
Was born in 1926
Was crowned
in 1953
The reigning queen
and head of state

Queen and her husband
prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Charles and Princess
Diana on their wedding

Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997

Prince William and prince Harry