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London:February 6th
Queen Elizabeth celebrated 60 years on the throne on Monday to become the second British monarch to reach that milestone. During her reign, the royal family has faced tumultuous times and moments of plunging fame, above all after the death in 1997 of Princess Diana, the hugely popular ex-wife of her son and heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles. But the royals are enjoying fresh support after the wedding last year of the queen's grandson, Prince William, second-in-line to the throne, to Catherine Middleton. Elizabeth II, 85, became queen aged 25 on February 06, 1952 on the death of her father George VI, while on tour in Kenya with her husband Prince Philip.
Ninety-year-old Prince Philip, the longest-serving consort and oldest-serving spouse of any British monarch, had surgery at Christmas to clear a blocked heart artery.
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