<P> Queen Elizabeth II became the longest - reigning British monarch on 9 September 2015 when she surpassed the reign of her great - great - grandmother Victoria . On 6 February 2017 she became the first British monarch to celebrate a Sapphire Jubilee , commemorating 65 years on the throne . </P>
<P> Queen Elizabeth II became the longest - reigning British monarch on 9 September 2015 when she surpassed the reign of her great - great - grandmother Victoria . On 6 February 2017 she became the first British monarch to celebrate a Sapphire Jubilee , commemorating 65 years on the throne . </P>
who has held the english throne the longest
who has held the english throne the longest
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II