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:( It's mind-boggling to me to think about how long 70 years of reign actually is. How many world leaders she has seen come and go. How much the world changed

:( It's mind-boggling to me to think about how long 70 years of reign actually is. How many world leaders she has seen come and go. How much the world changed since then.

evgen 4y ago
She was just a year and a bit short of passing Louis XIV for longest reigning monarch. Almost made it...
- tromp 4y ago
  Closer to 2 years, as Louis reigned for 72 years and 110 days [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monar...
SllX 4y ago
There was a fairly mind-boggling bit in there too about the age gap of the Prime Ministers which served her. Winston Churchill born in 1874 and Liz Truss born in 1975 were her first and last Prime Ministers.
distrill 4y ago
kortex 4y ago
She reigned for about 1/3rd of the time America has existed. Incredible.
- artwr 4y ago
  Closer to a fourth, but still impressive.
  - cygx 4y ago
    About 30%, actually: The US constitution came into effect in 1789, the Queen took the throne in 1952. (2022 - 1952) / (2022 - 1789) = 0.30 You're right if one starts counting from the declaration of independence, however, yielding 28.5%.
    - artwr 4y ago
      I was indeed counting from the declaration of independence and was trying to round to the nearest natural fractions, but you are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.
      - SllX 4y ago
        Nope, you were closer to correct. The Constitution isn’t the founding of America: the Union formed first under the Articles of Confederation but our first act as a Union separate from the UK was the Declaration of Independence.
        cygx 4y ago
        Thanks for the correction, I retract my objection. We could also start counting from when the Articles of Confederation came into effect (1781), which lies approximately between 1/3 and 1/4 ;)
        SllX 4y ago
        Maybe, but I think effectively it really was the Declaration of Independence. It would take some time for independence to be effectually achieved, but consider a counter-timeline where we lost the war: the Declaration would be a minor footnote at best in British history (which it pretty much is) and also not the start of the history of the Union. It’s because we won that the United States of America is a meaningful idea to anyone. The Articles of Confederation wouldn’t even be a footnote, just a dusty document in someone’s library, maybe, and the Constitution would never have been written.
- Ruarl 4y ago
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  - anthk 4y ago
    That's the land, not the US.
- type0 4y ago
  US of A, pardon for being a stickler

:( It's mind-boggling to me to think about how long 70 years of reign actually is. How many world leaders she has seen come and go. How much the world changed since then.

evgen 4y ago

She was just a year and a bit short of passing Louis XIV for longest reigning monarch. Almost made it...

tromp 4y ago
Closer to 2 years, as Louis reigned for 72 years and 110 days [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monar...

SllX 4y ago

There was a fairly mind-boggling bit in there too about the age gap of the Prime Ministers which served her. Winston Churchill born in 1874 and Liz Truss born in 1975 were her first and last Prime Ministers.

distrill 4y ago

kortex 4y ago

She reigned for about 1/3rd of the time America has existed. Incredible.

artwr 4y ago
Closer to a fourth, but still impressive.
- cygx 4y ago
  About 30%, actually: The US constitution came into effect in 1789, the Queen took the throne in 1952. (2022 - 1952) / (2022 - 1789) = 0.30 You're right if one starts counting from the declaration of independence, however, yielding 28.5%.
  - artwr 4y ago
    I was indeed counting from the declaration of independence and was trying to round to the nearest natural fractions, but you are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.
    - SllX 4y ago
      Nope, you were closer to correct. The Constitution isn’t the founding of America: the Union formed first under the Articles of Confederation but our first act as a Union separate from the UK was the Declaration of Independence.
      - cygx 4y ago
        Thanks for the correction, I retract my objection. We could also start counting from when the Articles of Confederation came into effect (1781), which lies approximately between 1/3 and 1/4 ;)
        SllX 4y ago
        Maybe, but I think effectively it really was the Declaration of Independence. It would take some time for independence to be effectually achieved, but consider a counter-timeline where we lost the war: the Declaration would be a minor footnote at best in British history (which it pretty much is) and also not the start of the history of the Union. It’s because we won that the United States of America is a meaningful idea to anyone. The Articles of Confederation wouldn’t even be a footnote, just a dusty document in someone’s library, maybe, and the Constitution would never have been written.
Ruarl 4y ago
- Flankk 4y ago
- anthk 4y ago
  That's the land, not the US.
type0 4y ago
US of A, pardon for being a stickler