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Queen is longest living UK monarch
20 January 2007
She overtakes the record set by her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria.
Victoria, who was born on May 24, 1819, died on January 22, 1901, having lived for 81 years, seven months and 29 days or 81 years and 243 days.
According to Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II, who was born on April 21 1926, beats her ancestor's record at around 5pm on December 20.
This takes into account the time of Victoria's birth and death, and the time the current Queen was born.
Queen Victoria still remains the longest-reigning British monarch. But Queen Elizabeth II is set to break this record on September 9, 2015.
It will be business as usual for the Queen, as she will not be officially marking the milestone.
She has no public engagements or audiences, but will spend the day continuing with other duties, such as dealing with documents from the red boxes in which she receives her official papers.
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