Перевести со ! a) she lives in splendid palaces and meets thousands of people every year, but in her private life, britain's queen elizabeth ii leads an ordinary life. b) some 339 people work full time for her and 250 part time - but fewer than a dozen come in a regular personal contact with her, said brian hoey, royal expert and author of life with the queen . c) during a regular day at buckingham palace, her official london residence, queen elizabeth wakes up at 7.30 am and has a cup of tea with milk . her bedside radio is tuned to bbc radio four as she likes to listen to the influential today programme. d) a great lover of horses , queen elizabeth enjoys reading the racing post newspaper at breakfast with her husband prince philip. e) at 9.30 am, she meets her private secretary who has already gone through the correspondence. together, they go through the day’s programme – receiving a new ambassador, visits to hospitals, schools or factories. f) occasionally, she invites a handful of famous faces, artists or business executives to lunch. sometimes, other royals are invited to join her at the palace. however, she is more likely to eat a light lunch alone. “it’s not an informal occasion, with the children saying, ‘mum, can i join you? ’ the queen will send her page with a message to invite them,” hoey said. her daughter princess anne curtseys and kisses her, while her sons princes charles, andrew and edward, bow, then kiss her hand, then kiss her on the cheek. g) every afternoon at 2.30pm, the queen goes for a walk in the palace grounds.“the rule is that if anybody is in the garden, apart from the gardeners, they must leave. nobody is allowed to talk to her unless she speaks first. she likes to be left on her own because it’s her thinking time,” hoey said. the rest of the afternoon is devoted to the queen’s social duties. she is patron of more than 620 organizations and charities and charities 1,1-million people have been to her famous summer garden parties. since becoming queen in 1952, queen elizabeth has conferred over 387,700 awards. h) every tuesday at 6.30pm, she gives an audience to the british prime minister to discuss affairs of state.“nobody else is present, no notes are taken, no prime minister has ever revealed what goes on,” hoey said. i) queen elizabeth, if she has no engagement, spends her evenings in her private rooms. she fills in a crossword, often watches television with supper on a tray, and retires to bed at around 11pm. however, the lights stay on until midnight as the queen pores over confidential government papers which are brought to her every day, no matter where in the world she is, in traditional red boxes.
