Another royal milestone: the Queen has now been on the throne for two thirds of a century.
— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) October 8, 2018
Well done, another milestone passed.
She will be 93 next April and the Duke will be 98 next June.
If she is still reigning on –
- 18 July 2020 (at age 94 years, 88 days), she will have been queen for 25,000 days.
- 6 February 2022 (at age 95 years, 291 days), she will celebrate her platinum jubilee, marking 70 years on the throne.
- 27 May 2024 (at age 98 years, 36 days), she will surpass King Louis XIV of France as the longest-reigning monarch of a major European country.
Her mother, the Queen Mother, lived to 101 (d. 2002) and her aunt, Princess Alice, lived to 102 (d. 2004)