After Queen Elizabeth II's dying, who're the world's longest-reigning monarchs? | World News

Following the demise of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, a brand new monarch has emerged because the world's longest-serving monarch. Queen Elizabeth II dominated Britain for 70 years and died on Thursday aged 96, after which her eldest son acceded to the throne as King Charles III. Brunei's Hassanal Bolkiah aged 76 - three years older than Charles - is now the longest-reigning monarch on the earth having assumed the throne in 1967.

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In Europe too, a brand new longest-serving monarch has emerged following Queen Elizabeth II's dying. The 82-year-old Denmark's Queen Margrethe II - who can be the late Queen's third cousin - now holds the title.

This is an inventory of longest-reigning monarchs so as:

1. Brunei's Hassanal Bolkiah

The 76-year-old monarch assumed the throne of the Muslim nation in 1967, which makes his reign a complete of 54 years up to now. Hailing from a household that has dominated the nation for greater than 600 years, Bolkiah can be one of many richest individuals on Earth.

The Sultan's reign has been marked by Brunei receiving full independence from Nice Britain in 1984, and the nation's dwelling requirements rising to develop into among the many highest globally, AFP reported. His reign, nonetheless, has additionally been steeped with controversies, together with the introduction of robust Islamic legal guidelines legislating punishments comparable to reducing off limbs and dying by stoning.

2. Denmark's Queen Margrethe II

Queen Margrethe II has been hailed for bringing collectively and modernising the monarchy in 50 years that she has been on the throne. The 82-year-old, chain-smoking Queen got here to energy in 1972. She grew to become inheritor presumptive in 1953 - when her father Frederick IX of Denmark was the King - after a constitutional reform within the nation allowed girls to imagine the throne.

Her ascend to the throne got here at a time when reputation of royals and monarchy was fading in Denmark. Widowed since 2018, one of many highlights of her efforts to modernise the monarchy was permitting her two sons to marry commoners. Queen Margrethe II is fondly often known as Daisy by her topics and household.

With Queen Elizabet II's dying, the Danish Queen is now the one feminine monarch on the earth.

3. Sweden's Carl XVI Gustaf

Very similar to Queen Elizabeth II, Carl Gustaf XVI ascended the throne at fairly a younger age (27 to be exact). The King has been an inheritor obvious when he was lower than a 12 months outdated after his father died in a aircraft crash. Carl Gustaf XVI assumed the throne after his grandfather handed away in 1973.

In early years of his reign, the King was teased for his a number of gaffes, together with misspelling his personal identify at a 1973 signing, the AFP report added. Later, nonetheless, it was discovered that the monarch suffered from dyslexia, as do two of his youngsters.

Carl Gustaf XVI's reputation soared through his exhibits of compassion, with one in 2004 being one of many highlights shortly after 500 Swedes misplaced their lives in a lethal tsunami that swept throughout vacationer resorts in southeast Asia.

4. eSwatini's Mswati III

Tiny eSwatini, previously often known as Swaziland, is situated in southern Africa. King Mswati III is the continent's final absolute monarch, having ascended the throne in 1986 aged 18.

Now 54, Mswati has 15 wives and greater than 25 youngsters. His father, the AFP report added, have had not less than 70.