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Queen Elizabeth II
became Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth
on February 6, 1952. As of today she has reigned for
. She is head of the British Royal Family, has
4 children and 8 grandchildren, and is
old.
She is the 32nd great-granddaughter of King
Alfred the Great who was the first effective King of
England 871-899.
On 20th November 2007 she became the first reigning monarch
to have been married for 60 years. On 21st December 2007
she became the oldest reigning British
monarch having outlived her great-great-grandmother
Queen Victoria who died 22nd January 1901 aged 81 years,
7 months and 29 days.
On 5th March 2008 Queen Elizabeth II became the 3rd
longest reigning monarch in over 1,200 years of British
History .
She will have to reign until 2012 to reign longer than
George III, 59 years
from 1760-1820, and until 9th Sept 2015 when she will be
89 years old to better her great-great-grandmother Queen
Victoria who reigned for 63 years and 216 days from
1837-1901.
Prince Charles
who at 59 is currently the 3rd oldest heir apparent would
by that time be the oldest heir apparent at 66 years old.
See British Kings & Queens by Age
of Ascent.
Elizabeth II is Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Great Britain was formed 300 years ago by the Act of Union
between England and Scotland on 1st April 1707. More
about Great Britain
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Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is also Queen
of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the
Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and
Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, where she is represented
by Governors-General. The sixteen countries of which she is
Queen are known as Commonwealth Realms, and their combined
population is 128 million.
Her reign of over half a century has seen 11 different
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, and numerous Prime
Ministers in the Commonwealth Realms of which she is (or
was) also Head of State; between them she has had a total
of 138 Prime Ministers during her reign. There have been
10 US Presidents during her reign.
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