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UK's longest-reigning monarch, but Queen ranks only 48th in world
The Queen may have overtaken Victoria’s reign of 63 years and 216 days, but she ranks just 48th in the league table of longest verifiable rulers. King Sobhuza II of Swaziland, who spent 82 years 253 days on the throne of the small southern African kingdom, claims top spot. He owes this auspicious historical footnote to the unfortunate demise of his father, King Ngwane V, aged 23, while dancing. The son was just four months old when he became king.
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