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[h=4]Queen Elizabeth II: Longest-reigning monarch by numbers[/h]Queen Elizabeth II, 89, on Wednesday becomes the longest-reigning British monarch in more than 1,000 years, overtaking her great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, with just over 63 years and six months on the throne.
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Queen Elizabeth II is now the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Here are five things you might not know about her. VPC
Queen Elizabeth II(Photo: Max Mumby, Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on Wednesday becomes the longest-reigning<span style="color: Red;">*</span>British monarch<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in more than 1,000 years, overtaking her great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, with just over 63 years and six months on the throne.
Here is a look at Elizabeth II by the numbers:
89:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Age
April 21, 1926: Date of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>birth
25:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Age she<span style="color: Red;">*</span>became queen
63: Years as British monarch
1945: Elizabeth learns<span style="color: Red;">*</span>how to drive.
November 20, 1947: Elizabeth II marries His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
1953:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Elizabeth II attends<span style="color: Red;">*</span>her first football match (FA Cup Final).
40: Queen Elizabeth II is the 40th<span style="color: Red;">*</span>monarch since William the Conqueror received the crown of England.
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4:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Number of children (Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward)
8:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Number of grandchildren (Peter and Zara Phillips, Prince William and Prince Henry of Wales, Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York, The Lady Louise Windsor and Viscount Severn)
Over 600: Number of patronages
5: Official visits to the United States
12: Number of prime ministers
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Over 3.5 million: Items of correspondence Elizabeth II<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has answered
More than 30: Number of corgis Elizabeth II has owned during her reign. First dog was named Susan.
Photos: Queen Elizabeth II through the years
On Sept. 9, 2015, just after 4 pm London time, the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II, 89, the 40th monarch since 1066, passes her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria for longest reign in British history, at just over 63 years and six months. She will be at her Scottish estate on that day, which for her will be like any other day in terms of her schedule. She is expected to host a family dinner at Balmoral. She has asked there be no fuss, and so officially, there won't be. But Brits will be celebrating quietly nonetheless, raising a glass to Her Majesty and pulling out the photo albums for a look back at key moments during a singular, and singularly successful, reign. This picture was taken in early February 1952 when she was still Princess Elizabeth, the heir to the throne.<span style="color: Red;">*</span> Apic/ Getty Images
Her coronation took place more than a year later, on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey, where British monarchs are crowned. Coronations, the most ancient, solemn and spiritual ceremony in the royal tradition, is also the most rare in the modern era. In 1953, it was televised for the first time, the first major international event broadcast on TV. That allowed millions of her subjects around the world to see their queen take up the emotional and actual burdens of the throne (the crown and scepter) and accept pledges of allegiance from peers and bishops in Westminster Abbey. Watching all this from a balcony above the throne was her young son and heir, Prince Charles, her mother, sister and her extended family.<span style="color: Red;">*</span> AP
Prince Charles' investiture as the Prince of Wales, an elaborate ceremony updated for the modern era, took place on July 1, 1969, when he was 20, at the medieval Caernarfon castle in Wales, where tradition holds all early princes of Wales resided. This ceremony, too, was televised for millions around the world. Although he had been Prince of Wales since age 9, the queen waited until he was old enough to understand the significance of the ceremony, in which she invested her heir with the insignia of his principality. Charles later delivered a speech in the difficult Welsh language.<span style="color: Red;">*</span> AFP/Getty Images
In June 2015, when the family gathered on the balcony for the Trooping the Color parade, Prince George joined for the first time, allowing the queen to stand with her son, Prince Charles, her grandson, Prince William, and her great-grandson, George, for one of those rare four-generation photos of royal heirs. The first official occasion was for George's christening on Oct. 23, 2013.<span style="color: Red;">*</span> Tim Ireland, AP
One of the queen's favorite events during her Balmoral holiday is the Scottish Braemar Gathering, which she attends faithfully as the Chieftain of the Gathering, accompanied by other members of the royal family, including Prince Philip and Prince Charles. This year it started Sept. 5, in Braemar, in the Cairngorms National Park, where there's been an annual gathering for over 900 years. The Highland Games feature competitions in running, heavy weight lifting, solo piping, and dancing. It's one of those events that brings delighted smiles to the queen's usually impassive look in public. <span style="color: Red;">*</span> Carl Court, Getty Images
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Sources: Royal.gov.uk; USA TODAY research
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