Jubilee 1952-2012
Origins - past jubilees
Imperial Britain The Diamond Jubilee 1897 Mahatma Gandhi
Royal portrait 1897
Other diamond jubilees Louis XIV 1654-1715
Franz Joseph 1848-1916
Hirohito 1926-1989
Bhumibol Adulyadej 1950-present
Changing Britain under Queen Elizabeth II Coronation portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, June 1953
Multicultural Britain
Modern monarchy
King Sobhuza II of Swaziland The longest serving monarch in modern times. 1899-1982 Queen Elizabeth would have to be 106 before she can challenge his record!