On September 9 2015, Queen Elizabeth will become Britain's longest-reigning monarch, having exceeded the extraordinary record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria (1837-1901).Elizabeth became queen on the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952.His body lay in state in the Great Hall in Westminster until his funeral and burial in the royal vault at St George's Chapel on February 15 1952. Exactly 50 years later, on February 15 2002, the funeral of his daughter,...
