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3. a. Work in two groups. Read the text assigned to your group. How did the royal couples mark their wedding anniversaries? Get ready to retell the information.

Text A

It has been 10 years since the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge got married in a gorgeous ceremony which was called the wedding of the century and watched by billions of people at Westminster Abbey. The couple met as college students at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and dated for more than 6 years before announcing their engagement in 2010.

Kate Middleton and Prince William, who are globally admired for their good sense and glamour, have three children. They welcomed their first child, Prince George, in 2013, followed by Princess Charlotte two years later and their youngest child, Prince Louis, was born in 2018.

People’s fascination with the couple and their family has only grown since the royal wedding day. The Cambridges have formed a stable family, participated in hundreds of engagements, backed many charities and survived the ups and downs of royal life. They have travelled the world on numerous official tours as part of their duties as working royals.

Though they enjoy private, low-key celebrations for their anniversaries, to mark the big milestone in their marriage, the Cambridges released two new portraits taken outside Kensington Palace and shared a very personal look into their family life. They also visited a family-run farm in the northeast of England and met with those helped by the youth project, which provides young people with learning disabilities with the skills and independence they need for adulthood. It is one of the 26 charities that benefited from the couple’s Royal Wedding Charitable Fund. It was set up thanks to donations the couple asked for instead of wedding gifts when they got married in 2011.

Text B

It was a marriage of love and is the longest one of any British royal couple. Their silver, golden, and diamond wedding anniversaries led to grand celebrations, but the next significant milestone was different. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip marked the occasion with a small family gathering. “When we were married, I don’t think there was such a thing as a platinum anniversary, they didn’t know we would be around that long,” joked the Queen.

In 2020, the royal couple marked their 73^rd wedding anniversary by releasing a photograph of them reading a card made by their great-grandchildren. Sadly, it turned out to be their final celebration – Prince Philip passed away in April the following year.

Three of their four children’s unions ended in divorce, but their marriage remained stable and strong, though it wasn’t always easy for Philip to stand in his wife’s shadow. During her speech for the golden wedding anniversary, the Queen described her husband as “her strength and stay all these years.”

Their romance started in 1939, when Elizabeth was just 13 and Philip 18. They kept contact during World War II. In 1946, Philip proposed to Elizabeth and she immediately accepted. Her parents, however, felt he was an inappropriate match for the future Queen of England as Philip, Prince of Denmark and Greece, also had German roots. However, Elizabeth insisted on marrying the man, who had served for the British army during the war. 2,500 guests attended the wedding ceremony held on November 20, 1947 at Westminster Abbey, where the bride placed her wedding bouquet [buˈkeɪ] on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior following the tradition started by her mother.

b. Work in pairs. Share the information you have learnt.

Как королевские пары отмечали годовщины своей свадьбы?

Ответ:

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoy private, low-key celebrations. To mark their 10th anniversary, they released two new portraits, shared a personal look into their family life, and visited a family-run farm and a youth project.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip had grand celebrations for their silver, golden, and diamond anniversaries. Later milestones were marked with a small family gathering. For their 73rd anniversary, they released a photograph of them reading a card made by their great-grandchildren.

Перевод:

Герцог и герцогиня Кембриджские предпочитают частные, скромные празднования. В честь своей 10-й годовщины они опубликовали два новых портрета, поделились личным взглядом на свою семейную жизнь, посетили семейную ферму и молодежный проект.

Королева Елизавета и принц Филипп устраивали пышные торжества в честь своих серебряной, золотой и бриллиантовой годовщин. Более поздние важные даты отмечались в небольшом семейном кругу. На свою 73-ю годовщину они опубликовали фотографию, на которой они читают открытку, сделанную их правнуками.