PLATINUM JUBILEE
The Platinum Jubilee celebrations for the UK's Queen Elizabeth II are nearly upon us.
No other monarch in British history has achieved 70 years of service.
The Queen, then aged 25, acceded to the throne on February 6, 1952 on the death of her father, King George VI.
She became the longest-reigning British monarch in 2015, beating the time spent on the throne by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, who ruled for 63 years, seven months.
