Milestone Day

Today Queen Elizabeth, 89 years young, becomes the longest reigning monarch in British history. 

She has reigned 23,226 days, 16 hours and approximately 30 minutes at about 17:30 BST. Or, put another way, she has reigned over 63 years and 7 months.



This now surpasses the previous longest reigning monarch, Queen Victoria, the great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth. 


The Queen requested no special celebrations to mark her historical milestone.

In her brief speech of acknowledgement today she said "Inevitably a long life can pass by many milestones - my own is no exception - but I thank you all and the many others at home and overseas for your touching messages of great kindness."

 Today is "business as usual" for her, where she is up in Scotland opening the Scottish Borders Railway.

Here in London a flotilla made its way down the Thames River from Tower Bridge to Westminster's Parliament buildings.

These photos are from my vantage point at Westminster Bridge, the end of the route.

I will say, they certainly respected her request as it was VERY low key, much to my surprise. 

No matter what your political views are, you certainly have to give her credit for her lifelong dedication and devotion to her role/job.