Tag: Britain's longest-reigning monarch

• Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 08:25 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth thanks well-wishers for their 'touching messages of kindness'

  

  Queen Elizabeth has thanked well-wishers in the UK and overseas for their “touching messages of kindness” as she becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch. Speaking in the Scottish Borders, the 89-year-old monarch said the title was “not one to which I have ever aspired”.