GB2QLR Great Britain 2 Queens Longest Reign

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Special call GB2QLR to celebrate the Great Britain 2 Queens Longest Reign. The Queen is set to become the longest ever reigning monarch in British history on the 9th September 2015 exceeding: Queen Elizabeth 11 will enter the history books when she overtakes Victoria during September. This takes into account 63 years plus 16 leap days, additional months and days and the timing of George 1V death. Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth 11 when she was 25 on the death of her father King George V1, who died in the early hours of the 6th February 1952 whilst she was on holiday in Kenya. Like Victoria, she has acted as a figure on continuity as the country has modernised. She has served with the Duke of Edinborough at her side, through the 20th century, the mellinium and into the 21st centuary - a thoroughly modern lady. The Queen has become accostomed to countless milestones during her decades on the throne. In December 2007, she became the longest living British monarch, overtaking Victoria who died when she was 81, and in May 2011, she became the second-longest reigning monarch in British history, when she overtook George 111.