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England Map & Natural Resources (Climate) |
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Climate:
England has moderate weather; fogs, mists and overcast
skies are frequent; October most precipitation. Annual
temperature south 52° F and northeast 48° F; January
[coldest] 40° F and July [hottest] 61° F.
Animals:
Deer, fox, hare, rabbit & badger; birds - meadow pipit,
sparrows, grouse, crow, pigeons, rook, starling and
thrust; fish - trout and salmon.
The
English Hedgehog.
Plants:
Oak, beech, pine & birch; fruit trees - cherry, apple
and plum;
gorse [spiny shrub fragrance yellow flowers].
Natural
Resources:
Some agriculture & minerals;iron ore [Cumbria,
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England Contents & Metropolitan Counties in London |
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Government:
Parliamentary Monarchy.
Head
of State:
Sovereign, Hereditary title; Queen Elizabeth II.
Head of Government:
Prime
Minister elected by the House of Commons.
Legislature:
House of Commons - over 600 members, elected by direct
ballot.
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House of Lords - over 700; includes a Prince, Earls,
Archbishops, Marquesses,
Viscounts, certain judges and Bishops of the Church of
England.
These ecclesiastical offices are known as Lords
Spiritual
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Highest Courts:
House of Lords, Highest Court of Justiciary [Scottish
criminal cases only].
Voting:
18 and over.
Armed Services:
Army, Navy, Air Force around 274,800 troops.
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England Monarch & Government Information |
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- Member
of Parliament [MP].
- Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council [PC] is a body of
advisors to the British Sovereign, this means the
advisors of the British Monarchy.
- Gordon
Brown, the Prime Minister [PM] of the United Kingdom.
- Number
10 Downing Street is the residence and office of the
First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister. This is
the center of the United Kingdom government, it is the
Prime Minister's home and place of work with offices for
secretaries, assistants and advisors. There are
conference rooms and dining rooms where the Prime
Minister meets and entertains other leaders and foreign
dignitaries.
This building is near the Palace of Westminster, the
home of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and the
Buckingham Palace. Also residence of the King or the
Queen of the United Kingdom.
- The
House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of
the United Kingdom and as a matter of course referred to
as "the Lords". The House of Lords is
only an appointed house. The House of
Lords' oversight of the government is limited. The
full, formal title of the House of Lords is The Right
Honorable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in
Parliament assembled.
- The
House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of
the United Kingdom. The House of Commons are elected,
and called Members of Parliament [MP]. Most cabinet
ministers are from the House of Commons. Just like the
Lords, the Commons meets in the Palace of Westminster in
London.
The House of Commons can control the terms of the Prime
Minister or the government. Even though the
Members of Parament do not elect the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister is not only answerable but must
maintain the full support of the Members of Parliament,
the House of Commons.
The
full, formal style and title of the House of Commons is
The Honorable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.
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Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of
the British monarch. The Buckingham Palace is the
setting for state occasions and royal entertaining. The
state rooms in Buckingham Palace are used regularly by
the King or Queen of the United Kingdom, and members of
the royal family for official and state entertaining.
Also a major tourist attraction. Buckingham Palace has
been a assembly for the people, a rallying point for the
Nation of England, the United Kingdom.
The Buckingham Palace Garden is the largest private
garden in London, England. The artificial lake is
supplied with water from the Serpentine, a lake in Hyde
Park, London. The Victoria Memorial was created by
sculptor Sir Thomas Brock in 1911 and was erected in
front of the main gates at Buckingham Palace.
Buckingham Palace is one of the four buildings in
London, England where guards from the Household Division
can be seen. The other three buildings are St.
James's Palace, Clarence House and Horse Guards.
The Mall in London is the road running from Buckingham
Palace at its western end.
- The
Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of
Parliament or Westminster Palace in London, where both
the House of Lords and the House of Commons meet.
The Palace of Westminster lies on the north bank of the
Thames River.
Clarence House
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Clarence House is a royal home in London, situated on
The Mall. It is attached to St. James's Palace and
shares the palace's garden. For close to 50 years, from
1953 to 2002, it was home to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen
Mother. The Queen Mother forever known as the Queen Mum.
Some of the current Royal family members now occupy,
reside at the Clarence House.
- St.
James's Palace is one of London's oldest building. It is
situated on Pall Mall in London just north of St.
James's Park. Pall Mall is a street in the City of
Westminster, London, situated in SW1 and parallel to The
Mall. Foreign ambassadors are still accredited to the
Court of St. James's, even though they are received
mainly by the monarch at Buckingham Palace.
The St. James Palace is for the most part one of the
constituting history of the United Kingdom.
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