Queen Elizabeth is Britain's longest living monarch

Queen Elizabeth became the longest living British monarch at about 5pm this afternoon (noon Eastern).

The record was previously held by her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria. Victoria was born on 24th May 1819 and died on 22nd January 1901, having lived for 81 years and 243 days.

Queen Victoria will still hold the record for the longest-reigning British monarch. Queen Elizabeth II would break this record on 9th September 2015.