Queen Elizabeth Breaks 2 New Records As She Celebrates 96th Birthday
Queen Elizabeth II did not only celebrate her 96th birthday this year, she also extended a record and made history because of her age.
This year has already been a special one for Queen Elizabeth II since, aside from marking her Platinum Jubilee, she celebrated her 96th birthday on Tuesday.
Buckingham Palace told CNN that the Queen traveled to Sandringham for a "private break."
As the royal fans celebrated her birthday, they also noted that she had just set new records this year.
Queen Elizabeth II Reaches New Milestone
ABC shared an article this week confirming that Queen Elizabeth II is still the longest-reigning monarch alive. On top of that, she is currently the oldest monarch in history.
Queen Elizabeth II officially became the oldest monarch on Jan. 23, 2015, when she was 88 years old. She scored the title soon after the death of His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Saudi Arabia).
She is also the longest-reigning monarch among the British monarchs who have ruled over the monarchy since the union of Scotland and England in 1707.
Despite reaching new milestones, Queen Elizabeth II might reportedly start taking fewer in-person appearances. Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, has been covering her alongside the other central members of the monarchy.
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II's Ascension to the Throne
Out of all the other British monarchs, Queen Elizabeth II also had a most notable one following her father, King George VI.
After King George VI died due to lung cancer in 1952, the unexpected time brought then-Princess Elizabeth II to the throne at the young age of 25.
However, Queen Elizabeth II originally did not want to become a monarch that she desperately wished for a baby brother to be the king, instead.
Initially, the Act of Settlement required the monarchy to pass down automatically the title of the king to his first-born child upon the monarch's death.
According to royal expert Robert Lacey, this straightforward transition gave little hope to Queen Elizabeth II, and it was the reason why she prayed so hard for a baby brother to jump ahead of her in the line of succession.
However, she only had her youngest sister Princess Margaret, to whom she gave her vote to be the ruling monarch as a permanent substitute. Journalists agreed that Princess Margaret possessed the "more ideal traits" of a queen than Her Majesty.
But in the end, Queen Elizabeth II started ruling over the monarchy - and she became the greatest monarch, despite having second thoughts.
