The Queen surpassed her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest-lived British monarch in December 2007, and the longest-reigning British monarch on 9 September 2015. She was celebrated in Canada as the "longest-reigning sovereign in Canada's modern era". (King Louis XIV of France reigned over part of Canada for longer.) She is the longest-reigning queen regnant in history, the world's oldest reigning monarch and second-longest-serving current head of state after King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
Who did Elizabeth surpass in longest lived British monarch? What relation was Victoria to Elizabeth? When did Elizabeth become the longest reigning monarch? In age of monarchs, what is the rank of Elizabeth's reign? What head of stat has served longer than Elizabeth?