In this palace live the queen of England and her children.

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Is this grammatically acceptable? If yes,why is the acceptable that the subject comes after the verb?

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Yes. It's called "inversion."
 
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Capitalise the Queen of England as it's her special title.

It's not factually correct: her children don't live with her.

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Rover_KE said:
Capitalise the Queen of England as it's her special title.

It's not factually correct: her children don't live with her.

Rover
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Though, to be fair, thirty years ago that would have been a perfectly feasible statement.
 
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