Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain’s longest-reigning monarch

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has thanked people from around the world for their messages of “great kindness” as she marked the day she becomes the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
Already the country’s longest-lived monarch and the world’s oldest-serving sovereign, Elizabeth will pass the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria around teatime Wednesday after 63 years and 216 days on the throne.
While there were no official engagements to