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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/477/qe.mp3' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Queen Elizabeth II Poised to Be Britain's Longest Serving Ruler' data-article-id='831'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9410'>Queen Elizabeth II is set to reach an important milestone this week becoming Britain’s longest-ruling head of state.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='9410' data-end-time='16961'>Queen Elizabeth has worked with 12 British prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to David Cameron. </span> <span data-start-time='16961' data-end-time='24195'>At age 89, she continues to travel and attend official events.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='24195' data-end-time='33741'>Elizabeth came to power after the death of her father, King George VI, on February 6, 1952. </span> <span data-start-time='33741' data-end-time='38435'>At the time, she was only 25 years old.</span> <span data-start-time='38435' data-end-time='43401'>She officially became queen in June of 1953.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='43401' data-end-time='50567'>The queen is part of the last generation of Britain’s royal family to be educated at home. </span> <span data-start-time='50567' data-end-time='61293'>The Associated Press reports that she is the first British ruler to have sent an email (1976) or use Twitter, the social networking service (2014).</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='61293' data-end-time='69751'>Royal historian Hugo Vickers says that during her rule, Queen Elizabeth has remained dutiful to her country. </span> <span data-start-time='69751' data-end-time='76689'>He adds that she is known as the “most invisible visible public woman in the world.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='76689' data-end-time='83855'>On Wednesday, Elizabeth will beat a record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. </span> <span data-start-time='83855' data-end-time='90726'>Victoria served as queen more than a century ago for 63 years and seven months. </span> <span data-start-time='90726' data-end-time='96803'>Only four other British kings and queens have ruled 50 years or more.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='96803' data-end-time='102721'>Queen Elizabeth already holds the record as the country’s oldest ruler. </span> <span data-start-time='102721' data-end-time='110454'>The only other world leader with longer service is King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.</span> <span data-start-time='110454' data-end-time='114308'>He took power more than 69 years ago.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='114308' data-end-time='118980'>In history, only a few monarchs have served even longer. </span> <span data-start-time='118980' data-end-time='130023'>Ngwenyama Sobhuza, later known as Sobhuza II, served as the Swazi King and later King of Swaziland for more than 82 years. </span> <span data-start-time='130023' data-end-time='135193'>He came to power before the age of one after the death of his father. </span> <span data-start-time='135193' data-end-time='141678'>In addition, Louis XIV served as King of France for 72 years. </span> <span data-start-time='141678' data-end-time='145964'>He was also aided by coming to power at a young age.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='145964' data-end-time='155714'>British officials say Queen Elizabeth wants the record-setting occasion to be a quiet event and that the day will be “business as usual”. </span> <span data-start-time='155714' data-end-time='163469'>The Queen is expected to leave her private home at Balmoral, Scotland to open the new Scottish Borders Railway. </span> <span data-start-time='163469' data-end-time='171655'>She will also take a steam train ride on the new railway from Edinburgh with her husband, Prince Philip.</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''> </span> <span data-start-time='171655' data-end-time='173696'>I’m Jonathan Evans.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/477/queen_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question 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