Quite a remarkable achievement.....although still not quite the longest reigning monarch alive today. That 'honour' belongs to King Bhumibol of Thailand.
Not, by a long way, the longest reigning monarch in history according to verifiable records (Sobhuza of Swaziland - 82 years)
If one admits unverifiable evidence, the record would go to Neferkare, Pepi II of Egypt (94? years).
Oddly ......Queen Elizabeth , much traveled though she is, has never been to Egypt.
Nor has she been to Greece....but then they kicked her husband's family out some years ago, so perhaps that's understandable.
But enough of trivia......
