Answer the following questions. 21. What does the term “constitution” mean when applied to the United Kingdom? 22. Does the Queen represent the UK to the rest of the world? What are the outward duties of the Queen? 23. Why is t...

   The constitution of the UK is unwritten and specifically. The first feature is historical character: as a set of legal norms, precedents and customs that define the structure and powers of the governing. The second distinguishing feature of British Basic Law is its flexibility. To review any constitutional provisions it’s not required the passage of a complex and long-term changes in the procedure. It’s practiced of the Basic Law of the country performs well-known British conservatism.  So Basic Law of Britain have many features. Single act “The Constitution of Great Britain” does not exist.   The Queen is the “Face” of the country. She is fulfilling its constitutional role, which is reflected in the royal prerogative currently. The Queen is involved in various functions of ranging. She meets with foreign diplomats and ambassadors sent abroad and controls citizenship. Many powers are exercised by the Secret Council, where the Queen orders the Council argues that implements the law, “Secondary legislation”. Secret Council is also used as a mechanism for the government. It incites certain laws and exercises the authority without the need to appeal to the Parliament to perform some minor liabilities. One of such examples is the regulation of burial grounds in the UK.       Queen Elizabeth 1 is considered one of the greatest monarchs in the history of Britain. She reigned 45 years. During all these year’s country has developed manufacturing, particulary, shipbuilding. Britain became the “Cord of Seas” and there was the rise of agriculture. No less have developed literature, theatre and other forms of art. Contemporaries called the period of her reign the “Golden Age” for the country. During the reign of Elizabeth 1 the English court flourished evolving jewelry, perfume, gardening art. It was the age of Shakespeare’s theatre, public plays and folk festivals. The policy of Elizabeth 1 differed with moderation and caution. She didn’t want to make the war, tried not to interfere with Parliament and made serious approach to the solution of any state affairs.     Regions of England are the administrative and territorial units of the upper level dividing England into separate parts. Each region consists of one or several individual county-level units. Separating of the regions was introduced in 1994 year by John Major’s government. In fact England has regions whose total area is 130,425 square kilometers. Seven of nine regions border the Atlantic ocean, the North Sea and the Irish Sea, the Bristol Bay, the Thames and the Humber river. Three of nine regions of England have a formal border with Wales and 2 regions border with Scotland. There are nine regions all in all. So regions of England are: 1.     Greater London. 2. South-East England. 3. South-West England. 4. West Midlands. 5. North-West England. 6. North-East of England. 7. Yorkshire and the Humber. 8. East Midlands. 9. East England.       “The chain is so strong its weakest link’- August Rush said. This saying is very well suited to any situation when people make something together. These words have deep meaning which laids down and everyone understands it in his own way. However in almost all cases it has one sense that means: One link is torn all the whole chain is broken. This proverb reflects not only people’s social activities and relationship in society. It also takes place in many other situations, for example in political regimes. After all, if the laws will begin to crumble, prescribed in the constitution, and all the power will begin to crumble. If one law in the constitution is the weakest one so if may lead to the destroy of the whole system of the state.