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Queen’s 60
yrs on
throne
Queen
Elizabeth
ascended
the throne
when her
father,
George VI,
died on
February
6, 1952
and is the
longest-serving
monarch
after
Queen
Victoria,
who
reigned
for more
than 63
years.
Her reign
of 60
years is
the
second-longest
for a
British
monarch;
only Queen
Victoria
has
reigned
longer.
Her Silver
and Golden
Jubilees
were
celebrated
in 1977
and 2002;
her
Diamond
Jubilee is
being
celebrated
during
2012
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Elizabeth
II is the
constitutional
monarch of
16 of the
54
sovereign
states
within the
Commonwealth
of
Nations,
and Head
of the
Commonwealth.
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In order
of
foundation,
the 16
independent
Commonwealth
realms are
the United
Kingdom,
Canada,
Australia,
New
Zealand,
Jamaica,
Barbados,
the
Bahamas,
Grenada,
Papua New
Guinea,
the
Solomon
Islands,
Tuvalu,
Saint
Lucia,
Saint
Vincent
and the
Grenadines,
Belize,
Antigua
and
Barbuda,
and Saint
Kitts and
Nevis.
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After
India, the
next-largest
Commonwealth
countries
by
population
are
Pakistan
(176
million),
Bangladesh
(156
million),
Nigeria
(154
million),
the United
Kingdom
(61
million)
and South
Africa (49
million).
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Also, as
the
British
monarch,
she is the
Supreme
Governor
of the
Church of
England.
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