Re: NR Court Circular

> http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/269408/nr-court-circular-mark-steyn

> The Duke of Edinburgh is Queen Elizabeth's consort. It's an ill-defined 
> non-job full of potential frustrations: think First Lady or 
> Vice-President for life. A lot of consorts are unpopular (for example, 
> Queen Rania, Jordan's current Hashemite hottie). Prince Philip has been 
> doing it longer than anyone in the history of the Royal Family, since 
> the day in 1952 when he and Princess Elizabeth were at Treetops in Kenya 
> and received the news that George VI (the King's Speech guy) had died. 
> Harry Truman was in the White House. That's a long time.

Longer than anyone in history?  Hmmm...

Well, Elizabeth II has been Queen of the United Kingdom for 59 years and 
125 days, which is longer than anyone else save Victoria (63 years and 216 
days), and while Elizabeth II has had Philip by her side the entire time, 
Victoria had Albert for only 21 years (from their marriage in 1840 -- 
three years after Victoria ascended to the throne -- to his death in 1861; 
Victoria went on to reign as a widow for another 40 years).

Hmmm, there's another question:  Which monarchs have reigned for the 
longest periods of time as widows or widowers?  Or as singles, period?

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