Gun salute marks Queen Elizabeth’s 65 years on British throne

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrives to view an exhibition on Fiji at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia in Norwich, eastern England, January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth arrives to view an exhibition on Fiji at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia in Norwich, eastern England, January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

(Reuters) — A 62-gun salute fired by the Honourable Artillery Company at the Tower of London and chimes at the Westminster Abbey on Monday (February 6) celebrated Queen Elizabeth II as the world’s longest reigning sovereign.

Monday marks the queen’s Sapphire Jubilee – 65 years on the throne, the first ever British monarch to have reached such a milestone.

The 90-year-old queen acceded to the throne on February 6, 1952 when her father died.

 

Guns are fired during the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery Royal 41-gun salute to mark the start of Queen Elizabeth's Blue Sapphire Jubilee year at Green Park in central London, Britain, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Guns are fired during the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery Royal 41-gun salute to mark the start of Queen Elizabeth’s Blue Sapphire Jubilee year at Green Park in central London, Britain, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery take part in a ceremony to fire a 41-gun salute to mark the start of Queen Elizabeth's Blue Sapphire Jubilee year at Green Park in central London, Britain, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery take part in a ceremony to fire a 41-gun salute to mark the start of Queen Elizabeth’s Blue Sapphire Jubilee year at Green Park in central London, Britain, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay