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Queen Elizabeth II: The Longest Reigning British Monarch In Numbers

The Longest Reigning Monarch In Numbers
Eve Hartley
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Queen Elizabeth II has surpassed her great great grandmother Queen Victoria to become the longest serving British monarch in history.

The 89-year-old has worn the crown for 62 years and 217 days and in her time she has seen 237 streets named after her. That's a lot of tarmac.

Her Majesty has also overseen a total of 12 Prime Ministers and ruled a doggie dynasty of more than 30 corgis.

Here's the Queen in even more numbers:

Queen In Numbers
The Queen assumed the throne aged 25 in 1952(01 of20)
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An estimated 27 million people in Britain watched her coronation on TV(02 of20)
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11 million listened on the radio(03 of20)
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The Queen married Prince Philip of Greece on 20 November 1947, aged 21(04 of20)
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The couple have been married for nearly 68 years(05 of20)
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The pair have four children(06 of20)
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...And eight grandchildren(07 of20)
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...And five great-grandchildren(08 of20)
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Queen Elizabeth II stands at 5ft 4ins (1.6 metres)(09 of20)
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Her Majesty has visited 116 countries on official trips(10 of20)
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...Even covering 43,618 miles in her coronation tour, in 1953(11 of20)
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The Head of State is estimated to be worth £340m(12 of20)
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Since her coronation, 68 billion coins have been produced (8.1 billion pre-decimal coins and 60.3 billion decimal coins)(13 of20)
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When Queen Elizabeth II took to the throne the UK population was at 50 million(14 of20)
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By her Diamond Jubilee, in 2012, it had increased to 63.2 million(15 of20)
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The Queen has overseen 12 Prime Ministers(16 of20)
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With Margaret Thatcher being the longest-serving - for more than 11 years(17 of20)
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At the age of 19, the Queen joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945(18 of20)
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Her Majesty has also overseen a doggie dynasty of more than 30 corgis(19 of20)
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Although now, the Queen is only left with only two(20 of20)
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As the second-longest serving monarch in the world, the Queen has made many landmark decisions.

She was the first British monarch to have sent an email, to have a message put on the moon, have conducted a royal ''walkabout'' and to have held a public concert in her back garden.

The length of time on the throne can be calculated in different ways, but the Palace considers the total number of days plus hours and minutes to be the most accurate.

The Queen passes Victoria's record at around 5.30pm on Wednesday when she will have reigned for 23,226 days 16 hours and approximately 30 minutes – but the exact moment she became Queen is hard to calculate as George VI died in his sleep in the early hours of the morning, possibly at around 1am.

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