The Reading / Listening - Buckingham Palace - Level 0

Prince Harry cannot stay at Buckingham Palace while he is in the U.K. Harry was going to visit the U.K. with his wife. However, he didn't bring her because the U.K. would not pay for their protection. Harry said he would not stay at the palace without his wife. He then changed his mind, but the palace said it was too late.

Newspapers are full of stories about Harry and his family. Relations worsened after he moved to California in 2020. Harry later made a Netflix documentary and wrote a book. These two things made relations with his brother Prince William worse. King Charles is sad. He wants to see his grandchildren.

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Sources
  • https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/article/prince-harrys-trip-to-the-uk-is-already-mired-in-controversy-its-all-over-a-withdrawn-invitation-to-buckingham-palace-170304494.html
  • https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/06/buckingham-palace-denies-prince-harry-to-stay-royal-residence-uk-visit-row-duke-of-sussex
  • https://news.sky.com/story/prince-harry-to-stay-at-buckingham-palace-alone-during-visit-to-uk-13556447


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Prince Harry cannot
  2. while he
  3. Harry was going
  4. he didn't bring
  5. the U.K. would not pay
  6. stay at the palace without his
  7. He then changed
  8. The palace said it was
  1. to visit the U.K.
  2. his mind
  3. her
  4. too late
  5. wife
  6. stay
  7. for their protection
  8. is in the U.K.

Paragraph 2

  1. Newspapers are full
  2. about Harry
  3. Relations worsened after he
  4. Harry later made a Netflix
  5. wrote
  6. These two
  7. King Charles is
  8. He wants to see
  1. moved to California
  2. his grandchildren
  3. things
  4. and his family
  5. of stories
  6. sad
  7. documentary
  8. a book

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Prince Harry (1) _________________________________________________ Buckingham Palace (2) _________________________________________________ in the U.K. Harry was (3) _________________________________________________ the U.K. with his wife. However, he didn't bring her because the U.K. would (4) _________________________________________________ their protection. Harry said he would not stay at the palace (5) _________________________________________________. He then changed his mind, but the palace said it (6) _________________________________________________.

Newspapers are (7) _________________________________________________ about Harry and his family. Relations (8) _________________________________________________ moved to California in 2020. Harry (9) _________________________________________________ Netflix documentary and (10) _________________________________________________. These two things (11) _________________________________________________ his brother Prince William worse. King Charles is sad. He (12) _________________________________________________ his grandchildren.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

PrinceHarrycannotstayatBuckinghamPalacewhileheisintheU.K.Harr
ywasgoingtovisittheU.K.withhiswife.However,hedidn'tbringherbec
ausetheU.K.wouldnotpayfortheirprotection.Harrysaidhewouldnotst
ayatthepalacewithouthiswife.Hethenchangedhismind,butthepalace
saiditwastoolate.NewspapersarefullofstoriesaboutHarryandhisfamil
y.RelationsworsenedafterhemovedtoCaliforniain2020.Harrylaterm
adeaNetflixdocumentaryandwroteabook.Thesetwothingsmaderelat
ionswithhisbrotherPrinceWilliamworse.KingCharlesissad.Hewantst
oseehisgrandchildren.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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