Throughout her long reign,Elizabeth II’s reticence has ensured the survival of her family and their institution – but no one can deny shes made a good fist of itToday, at around 5.30pm, and Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest reigning monarch Britain has ever known. Top Gear presenters can only ever dream of such enduring tenure. But what does this historical milestone mean for the people over whom she reigns?There has most certainly never been a time in which more people in existence absorb known no other monarch. Only those in their late 60s can remember when the Queen wasn’t the Queen. Sheer longevity has made her an undisturbed fact in times of noteworthy upheaval.
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Source: theguardian.com