Queen Elizabeth II is Britain’s longest-reigning monarch

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Queen Elizabeth II, the world's longest-reigning monarch, set a record on Feb.6, 2017, when she became the first British sovereign to reach their sapphire jubilee, marking 65 years on the throne.

1926 This 1926 photo shows Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, the Duchess of York holding her firstborn, Princess Elizabeth, under the loving gaze of her husband, the Duke of York, in London. In 1937, the Duke of York acceded to the throne, becoming George VI after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, who married American divorcee Wallis Simpson. AFP

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