University of Sydney British Monarchy Historian Dr Cindy McCreery says the Queen is “not only the longest reigning monarch but the oldest person to still be a monarch”.
“You have to go back to the reign of Louis XIV, a French king in the 17th century to find a king who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth,” she told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“She’s a record breaker, she’s reigned longer than Queen Victoria, than George III, than Elizabeth I – all very famous and well thought of British monarchs. “In addition to be the longest reigning monarch, I think that history will look back and judge Elizabeth II as perhaps the most successful and effective monarch in British history.”
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