London 4

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What surprised me most when I read this chapter was that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom lives at 10. The Prime Minister lives at 10 Downing Street.  In 1682, Sir George Downing built a street of his house near the Palace of Whitehall.  There are only four homes here, but now they are very different.  George II gave Sir Robert Walpole 10 in 1735, from which time the British Prime Minister began living at 10 Downing Street. 

From this book I found that there is the oldest and most famous church in London. It is Westminster Abbey. From the time of William the Conqueror in 1066 to today in the 21st century, British kings and queens have always held coronations here.  Queen Elizabeth II held a coronation here in 1953. I've never seen a coronation, so I can't imagine what it would look like. I want to see the coronation in England just once. 

I was surprised that British people often burned Guy Fawkes on fire. He and his friends hated King James and his politics and placed a bomb under the Capitol, but nothing happened as soldiers found Guy Fawkes and took him away, so now British people celebrate this on November 5th every year with big fires and fireworks. I understand that we celebrate with fireworks, but I think that burning something in the shape of a person can be criticized in Japan. No matter how bad a person is, in Japan it is said that it is a human rights issue if such a thing happens.