<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.<sup about="#mwt129" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-23"}}' id="cite_ref-23" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_20#cite_note-23" id="mwATQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 23;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATU">[23]</span></a></sup>
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