Track 35

Track 35.

1. The monarchy has existed in England since the ninth century AD.

2. Elizabeth the II became Queen of England in the mid-twentieth century.

3. There was a Civil War in England between 1642 and 1649.

4. The Tower of London has had many functions in the last 200 years.

5. The Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror during the 1070s.

6. The First World War lasted from 1914 to 1918.

7. King Charles the II gained control of the Tower of London after the restoration of the monarchy.

8. The Tower of London became a tourist destination during the Victorian era.

9. The number of visitors to the Tower of London rose to 2 million per year in the first decade of the twenty-first century