11th grade. Unit 4. Lesson 4. Does the monarchy still matter?

The Couple’s Press Secretary speaks about the Royal Family. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing information. 1) [blank_start]After[blank_end] [blank_start]his[blank_end] [blank_start]parents’[blank_end] divorce and his mother's death, the [blank_start]relationship[blank_end] [blank_start]with[blank_end] the media was quite difficult, and I think that both William and Harry did blame the media. [blank_start]As[blank_end] [blank_start]they[blank_end] [blank_start]have[blank_end] [blank_start]got[blank_end] older, the princes accept they do need the media.

The Couple’s Press Secretary speaks about the Royal Family. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing information. 2) [blank_start]Nothing[blank_end] was known – the dress, the stag and hen night. We knew [blank_start]nothing[blank_end] [blank_start]until[blank_end] [blank_start]they[blank_end] [blank_start]wanted[blank_end] [blank_start]us[blank_end] to know.

The Couple’s Press Secretary speaks about the Royal Family. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing information. 3) Burton –[blank_start]the[blank_end] [blank_start]designer[blank_end] [blank_start]of[blank_end] [blank_start]the[blank_end] [blank_start]wedding[blank_end] [blank_start]dress[blank_end] - said the princess [blank_start]was[blank_end] [blank_start]one[blank_end] [blank_start]of[blank_end] [blank_start]the[blank_end] [blank_start]loveliest[blank_end] [blank_start]women[blank_end] she had ever met. The dress was made for her and has a lot of her personality in it.

The Couple’s Press Secretary speaks about the Royal Family. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing information. 4) The Queen [blank_start]gave[blank_end] [blank_start]a[blank_end] [blank_start]lunchtime[blank_end] Reception at Buckingham Palace for [blank_start]around[blank_end] 650 [blank_start]guests[blank_end].

The Couple’s Press Secretary speaks about the Royal Family. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing information. 5) William is better grounded than [blank_start]his[blank_end] [blank_start]father[blank_end]. He says in the documentary that [blank_start]neither[blank_end] he [blank_start]nor[blank_end] Harry [blank_start]want[blank_end] the [blank_start]great[blank_end] [blank_start]wealth[blank_end].

The Couple’s Press Secretary speaks about the Royal Family. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing information. 6) He likes to [blank_start]disagree[blank_end] with The Buckingham Palace, because [blank_start]many[blank_end] of the things they [blank_start]come[blank_end] [blank_start]up[blank_end] [blank_start]with[blank_end] are very old-fashioned and don't work nowadays or are just wrong. People have [blank_start]wrong[blank_end] [blank_start]views[blank_end] on what it's like to be in this family, for [blank_start]instance[blank_end].