# Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 65 years on the throne. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289 "2017-02-08T00:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289/1 "2017-02-08T00:27:28Z")
I hope she had plenty of magazines to pass the time. 😃 Maybe some fiber in her diet will help? OK, my ten year old self is firmly back under control. I’ll make no mention of Prince Phillip and the crown jewels. Sending well wishes to the Queen. > **[Queen marks 65 years on British throne | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/style/article/queen-elizabeth-sapphire-jubilee/index.html)** > > Queen Elizabeth II has become the first British monarch to reign for 65 years. Her Sapphire Jubilee is being celebrated with the reissue of a 2014 photograph. > [@](#): > > London (CNN)Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to reign for 65 years on Monday > > Her Sapphire Jubilee has being marked with ceremonial gun salutes at London’s Green Park and the Tower of London, and in several other locations across the United Kingdom. The bells at Westminster Abbey in central London were also rung in honor of the occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289/2 "2017-02-08T00:45:05Z")
My favorite Queen Elizabeth picture. [![](https://i.imgur.com/PRcD6vi.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/PRcD6vi.jpg) Perfectly safe for work. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289/3 "2017-02-08T00:53:44Z")
She has enjoyed some remarkable moments. There’s video of her on horseback at the Trooping the Colour ceremony. Some idiot shoots a blank pistol multiple times and spooks her horse. The Queen does a masterful job of staying in the saddle and getting it back under control. A less experienced horseman would have been thrown off and injured. > **[Looking Back: Queen Elizabeth II’s Burmese](https://www.horsenation.com/2015/09/10/looking-back-queen-elizabeth-iis-burmese/)** > > In honor of Queen Elizabeth II becoming the UK's longest-reigning monarch, we're taking a look at one of her most iconic and beloved riding horses, Burmese. It's no secret that Queen Elizabeth II is a lifelong, passionate horsewoman: she's been... ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289/4 "2017-02-08T01:01:54Z")
Finally found that video. People that ride know how easily any horseman could be thrown. Elizabeth was obviously a very experienced rider. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKjmal3KqqI) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289/5 "2017-02-08T01:17:33Z")
Long may she reign. ---
**Author:** ![TYphoonSignal8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289/6 "2017-02-08T01:41:08Z")
Charles may well end up being the shortest reigning king if she keeps this up. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289/7 "2017-02-08T02:27:40Z")
His great - great - grandfather would have sympathised. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289/8 "2017-02-08T02:31:15Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Long may she reign. Well, long she\* has\*, hasn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289/9 "2017-02-08T06:44:58Z")
> [@TYphoonSignal8](#): > > Charles may well end up being the shortest reigning king if she keeps this up. When Louis XIV died, he had managed to outlive his oldest son and his son’s oldest son, which means that Louis XV was his great-grandson. He, in turn, outlived his son is well. His grandson, though, had a pretty bad fate. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-celebrates-65-years-on-the-throne/779289/10 "2017-02-08T10:12:51Z")
I remember watching her coronation on TV, when I was 6.