The Royal Family (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers)) by Cherry Gilchrist

by Cherry Gilchrist

[Penguin Readers Level 3]This is an examination of the past, present and future role of the British Royal Family. The book looks at the individual members of the most famous family in the world - their work, their hobbies and some of the events, both happy and sad, which have affected them all.

Paperback

First published January 14, 2000

About the author

Cherry Gilchrist is a lover of all things ancient and mysterious. Field research for her books has taken her into Russian forests, Silk Road Yurts and to meet stone heads on Easter Island. She has written books on alchemy, mythology, family history and personal relationships. Her latest book, The Circle of Nine relates nine feminine archetypes to everyday lives of women. Cherry has also run a vintage clothes shop, a Russian crafts gallery, taught creative writing and performed as an early music singer. She is a graduate of Cambridge University, and holds a post-graduate diploma from the University of Bath Spa. As a lecturer, she has given many talks at venues ranging from the Temenos Academy to the British Council, the Royal Academy, and the Queen Elizabeth II cruise liner. At present she lives near Stroud, with her husband, artist Robert Lee-Wade and two black cats for luck. She has two grown-up children and two granddaughters. Find her at www.cherrygilchrist.co.uk and www.circleofnine.org

Reviews

[Haruka Furuta · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. PENGUIN Level 3
2. 11/6 15 min 11/10 40 min 11/11 30 min
3. Royal, tradition. smiling, divorce, private, money, Buckingham
4, A Te Queen is rich, but the royal family are usually very careful with money.
B I was surprised about this. I though,they are able to get whatever they want. my image of the royal family was totally changed. 5. I was shocked how they are busy, because I thought they spend time at slow speed. however they has a lot of traditional duties to do. even they were really tired, they have to smile in front of the people. also I thought, the Royal family doesn't have any problems, but they are real people. so they has their own story and problems.

[Yasmin Yahia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why

[Ken Horie · Rating 4 out of 5]

12/15=80 minutes

1. Tradition
2. History
3. Britain
4. Formal
5. Love
6. Duty
7. King, Queen, Prince and Princess

"More than a thousand years of tradition make the British royal family what it is today. The present family keep many historic traditions alive. But they are more than history - they are also real people with their own stories and problems."
I just realized they are also human. The image of Queen makes me that she is a god or something. She is just too far from me.

This book was very interesting. I never knew their real daily life and the problems they always suffered because of "Royal". The story of Diana was sad but I was glad to hear that she worked for charity in her short life which also made many people's mind for charity.

[Risa Horiuchi · Rating 4 out of 5]

1,10/ 20 90 minutes
2,pubrisher penguin
3,7 word castle ceremoney tax funeral tradition royal magic
4 question if you are born member of royal family what do you want to do?
I will try to rose traditional culture and customes.

Recently movie: Diana is showing. So before I watch it I want to know royal family and choose this book. I can know diana at the same time
I know the feeling of her sons when she happened traffic accident.
I also hope that the her sons have bright future like the citizens in UK

[Hideki Makimura · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. Penguin Readers/ level 3

2. 06/16= 20 minutes, 06/17= 20 minutes, 06/21= 20 minutes, 06/22= 20 minutes

3. Elizabeth, Philip, Charles, Diana, William, Henry, Windsor

4. When Princess Diana died in 1997, people were angry and sad.
I can understand the reason why people were sad. But why were people angry? I couldn't understand it.

5. Charles is Elizabeth's child. And William and Henry are Charles's child. I have known that. But I had not known about Elizabeth's husband and sister. Besides there were also many things which I didn't know. I thought that it was good for me to know these.