Published 16:21 IST, September 9th 2020
Queen Elizabeth II became UK's longest reigning monarch on this day in 2015
While Queen Victoria, reigned for 63 years and 217 days, Queen Elizabeth became a historic monarch that served 63 years and 217 days at Buckingham Palace.
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On this day in 2015, Queen Elizabeth II became longest-reigning monarch in Britain’s history at of 89, surpassing her great-great-grandmor Queen Victoria’s tenure on throne. According to UK media reports, while Queen Victoria, reigned for 63 years and 217 days, queen me history as she witnessed an estimated twelve US presidents, at least twelve British prime ministers, and seven popes during her reign. Queen Elizabeth assumed thrones in year 1952, at of 25, after marrying Prince Philip in 1947.
In 2015, as she marked celebrations with “business as usual”, Queen inaugurated a new train in Scotland. She dressed cheering public in Scotland and wore her great-great-grandmor’s diamond bow brooch, however, as per reports, she me mention of Queen Victoria. She thanked her well-wishers and garers, saying, that she was indebted to m and First Minister, who ted significance of day. She thanked many at home and overseas for touching messs of great kindness. Mentioning her reign as queen, she said that a long life can pass by many milestones, ding, that Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, and Carine would join her in celebration at Balmoral in Aberdeenshire later.
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Served 63 years and 217 days
In 2015, Queen Elizabeth II became a historic monarch that served 63 years and 217 days, who assumed throne after her far died while she and Prince Philip were in Kenya. She was n coronated in June of 1953. She got married at Westminster Abbey on vember 20, 1947, and on occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 1977, she called her husband her “strength”. British Prime Minister David Cameron marked occasion of her longest reign by saying that over last 63 years, queen h been a rock of stability in a world of constant change and her selfless sense of service and duty in his dress to press on public event. Queen Elizabeth II h mentioned that she hn’t expected to become a monarch as her far George VI only took crown when his elder bror Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, according to UK media reports.
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16:21 IST, September 9th 2020