Fact 221: Who was the second longest British reigning Monarch?

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Fact 221: Who was the second longest British reigning Monarch?


The second longest reigning british monarch was also a Queen, Queen Victoria
She reigned for almost 64 years or to be more accurate, Queen Victoria was Queen for exactly 63 years, 6 months and 25 days (which is equal to 557,232 hours), Queen Victoria was Queen from the 28th June 1838 to the 22nd January 1901.



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