Queen Elizabeth II to become UK's longest-serving monarch

Queen Elizabeth II to become UK's longest-serving monarch

as social mobility returns to Victorian levels. How appropriate.

I think the only thing to say is how splendid

Besides Britain, she is queen of 15 other realms, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Jamaica.

In fact, there is some debate about this in Australia. She is certainly known as the Queen of Australia but the unresolved question is if the Commonwealth were to ever dissolve, it's assumed that she would still be the head of state in each individual state just as she was at the time of federation, but does that mean that there is still currently a seperate Queen of New South Wales, Queen of Queensland etc? hmm, very not interesting isn't it?

That would increase her realms by 6...(albeit overlapping).

'Britain was plunged into an unprecedented outpouring of public grief'

Some British people acted ridiculously but most didn't following Diana's death. I honestly found it offensive that so many media reports at the time and some still now give the image of an entire nation acting like hysterical or self-pitying children.

There are also many of us who think the death of this queen would be an appropriate, and quite dignified, moment in time to end this institution.

the death of this queen would be an appropriate, and quite dignified, moment in time to end this institution.

Yes.

As an avowed monarchist, I must say that I've been waiting for this milestone for years, and that I'm very happy for the Queen.

God bless the Queen, and long may she reign over us.

Once she gets the record in the bag, I think she should abdicate, get Bonny Prince Charlie to do the same, and allow William to take up the situation.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state of the UK and also 15 other Commonwealth 'realms'. (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Papua New Guinea, St Christopher and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu, Barbados, Grenada, Solomon Islands, St Lucia and The Bahamas). And long may Her Majesty reign....

Ironically Her Majesty, something of a socialist, will not be responsible for the rotting corpse of Socialism in Britain, no that sole honor will be for Jeremy Bernard Corbyn MP a blinkered, sad, ugly, resentful, anti-semite, contorted by loathing of wealth gained though honesty and hard work. Bankrupt of ideas Corbyn will render the British Labour party unelectable, though arithmetically cretinous 'people's quantitative easing' and a deep ideological obsession with an Arthur Scargill brand of unreconstructed socialism. Long may Corbyn sit and swivel...

@itsonly

From what I've read about Har Majesty, I wouldn't be at all surprised if she turned out to be quite a fan of Mr Corbyn.

They share a sense of social justice....

'God bless the Queen, and long may she reign over us.'

Aren't you an American? I'm not the best at American history nor current events but I think you ought try to keep up.

@itsonlyrockandroll I'm not exactly sure what your bizarrely florid and barely digestible post is getting at. What has Jeremy Corbyn got to do with this? Are you saying the supposedly socialistic queen would vote for Corbyn if she had that right?

Perhaps if we did the sensible thing and abolished the monarchy, Mrs. Windsor could choose to vote Corbyn like a normal adult in a proper democracy. However, somehow I don't think she would.

HI Jimizo, There is a 'alleged' link to The Prince of Wales, the Saudi Kingdom, and Margaret Thatchers son Mark stretching back 40 years, Jeremy Corbyn Middle East connections to the late Yasser Arafat are prominent throughout. My humble opinion is that both Her Majesty and The Prince of Wales share many of the political aspirations and ideology of Jeremy Corybn manifesto.

I believe that the labour leadership election has been compromised.

It sounds innocuous but the Prince of Wales is being 'encouraged' to respond positively to Jeremy Corbyn press briefing in support of Prince Charles right to speak out in support of small farmers. Jeremy Corbyns leadership campaign is being heavy supported by the right wing press, it's a classic image soften gambit to broaden appeal.

My candidate for Labour Leadership is Yvette Cooper, a politically safe pair of hands unless David Miliband enters the contest. The current brand of conservative government lacks any economic direction, heavily reliant on low wage benefit driven policies, politically Cameron and Osborne make Abe and Suga look like the Everly Brothers in comparison. There is something about this articles histrionics that poked me to be honest.

Better she than her bat-eared son.