[right][font:0bad='Arial']•At Westminster Abbey, English kings and queens have been crowned for nearly
one thousand years. [/font][/right]
[right][font:0bad='Arial']•The tower of London has been afort, a palace, and a prison in the past. Today it is a museum. It contains the Crown Jewels and other treasures belonging
to the royal family. [/font][/right]
[right][font:0bad='Arial']•London's famous double-decker buses
carry 145,000 people to work every day. The bus drivers need special training to drive these unusual buses. [/font][/right]
[right][font:0bad='Arial']•Big Ben is the name of the giant-sized bell inside the clock tower of London's Houses of
Parliament. The bell weighs 12 tons, and it was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, a city official who was also called ''Big Ben.'' [/font][/right]
[right][font:0bad='Arial']•Most castles found in Great Britain are
museums today. British people usually live in smaller houses or apartments called ''flats.''
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