[ 2015-01-23 ]

Queen is the world's oldest monarch
The Queen is now the world’s oldest monarch
following the death of King Abdullah of Saudi
Arabia.

Abdullah, who was 90, was two years older than the
Queen, who will be 89 in April.

She is one of eight octogenarian monarchs in the
world, with others including the King of Thailand
and the Emperor of Japan.

King Abdullah has died at the age of 90

Her 62 years on the throne still leave her some
way short of being the world’s longest-reigning
current monarch. That distinction goes to
Thailand’s king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, who will
celebrate 69 years on the throne in June. He was
just 18 when he became king.

The longest-reigning monarch of all time was
Sobhuza II of Swaziland, who was on the throne for
82 years from 1899 to 1982, though the Egyptian
pharaoh Pepi II is said to have reigned for up to
94 years, having come to the throne at the age of
six. Some historians, however, believe he reigned
for 64 years.

If he reigned until he was 100, Pepi II may also
have been the oldest monarch in history, though
Abdul Momin, Sultan of Brunei until 1885, was
either 99 or 100 when he died, the exact date of
his birth being unknown.

The Queen is the second-longest reigning monarch
in British history, behind her great-great
grandmother Queen Victoria, whose record she is
due to surpass in September this year.

Source - The Telegraph

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