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The United Kingdom. United Kingdom - Unitarian island country located in Western Europe. The UK includes England, Wales and Scotland.
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United Kingdom - Unitarian island country located in Western Europe. The UK includes England, Wales and Scotland.
Britain is a very centralized country in which the Westminster Parliament deals with the majority of policy issues. Britain is a parliamentary monarchy. The capital is London.
The current British monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who sat on the throne in 1952 and was crowned in 1953. Today, her functions are mainly ceremonial, and the real authority rests in the hands of the Prime Minister.
Buckingham Palace is the official residence of British monarchs and the largest in the world is still holding the royal palace to its original function. The official London residence of Queen.