Major Holiday Declared as Queen Elizabeth II Becomes First British Monarch to Celebrate a Platinum Jubilee
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II recently kicked off the celebrations of her 70 th year of reign. The historic year will be celebrated with a special four-day holiday in June as well as other events throughout the year. The…
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II recently kicked off the celebrations of her 70th year of reign.
The historic year will be celebrated with a special four-day holiday in June as well as other events throughout the year.
The queen, 95, began her reign on Feb. 6, 1952, after the death of her father, King George VI. She is the longest-reigning monarch in British history and the only one to rule for 70 years, having surpassed Queen Victoria, who ruled for 63 years and 7 months starting in 1837.
Queen Elizabeth, currently at the royal Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England, began her Platinum Jubilee year with a reception, according to The Sun.
After the queen was told the celebratory cake had been turned away from her so the inscription could be read by photographers, she said, “I don’t matter?”
She plunged the knife she was given into the cake