Elizabeth II queen of records . Today it joins the Thai Bhumibol Adulyadej, who reigned for 70 years and 126 days in the Southeast Asian country between 1946 and 2016.

And on Monday, with the overtaking and her 25,695 days of reign , only one will remain who has remained on the throne longer than her: it is Louis XIV, the Sun King .

Louis XIV reigned in France for 72 years and 110 days, from 1643 to 1715, for a total of 26,407 days. Elizabeth, calculates the British tabloid Express, has 713 days to go past the 64th king of France .

The same newspaper points out the differences between the two: Elizabeth was crowned in 1953 after the death of her father George VI, at the age of 25; Louis XIV at just four years old, so for a long time his mother Anna of Habsburg took his place as regent.

Remaining in Great Britain, Elizabeth already on 9 September 2015 broke the record of Queen Victoria , who reigned for 63 years, 7 months and 2 days, until 1901.

(Unioneonline / L)

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