The history of British rules starts from the Celts (0C) setted in the South of England around 900 B.C. Later there were the (1D) ... of the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons, the Vikings and the Normans. British Royal history has seen several dynasties since 1154: the Plantagenets, the Lancastrians, the Yorkists, the Tudors, the Stuart, the Hanoverians, Saxe-Coburg Gotha, the Windsort (nowadays). (2B) ... present the British royal family is headed by Queen Elizabeth II. She was born in 1926 and became Queen in 1952. Although The Queen was born on 21 April, it has long been the tradition to celebrate ber official birthday by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour on in June, when good weather is more likely. She is Head of the Commonwealth, Head of the Church of England and Commander-in-Chief of the (3B) ... Forces. Functions of the Sovereign (4B) ... : opening and closing Parliament, meeting the Prime Minister, giving her Royal Assent to bills, giving honours. Among Queen Elizabeth's many (5C) ... are the regular visits she makes to the countries of the Commonwealth, whose interests and (6A) ... are very important to her. The annual Christmas broadcast made by the Queen on radio and television has become a traditional feature of the year. The Queen is (7D) ... known for her interest in horse-racing. She attends Royal Ascot regularly (8A) ... a fascinating hat as well as all other ladies at this summer event. In 2013 she became the first (9A) ... British monarch in history with a winning horse in Royal Ascot's biggest rase. The Queen is married (10B) ... Prince Philip and has 4 children and 8 grandchildren. The Queen's heir is Charles, Prince of Wales, who was born in 1948, marrried Lady Diana Spencer and has two cheldren, Prince William and Prince Harry. Diana won the affection of many people by her (11C) ... , shyness and beauty. Unfortunately, she died in a car accident in August in 1997. In 2011 Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey. They are known as The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. In 2013 Catherine gave (12A) ... to the couple's first child, Prince George of Cambridge.