Elizabeth became monarch on the death of her father, King George VI, from lung cancer at age 56 on Feb. 6, 1952.
Queen Elizabeth II has become the first British monarch to reach the milestone of 65 years on the throne
The queen's Sapphire Jubilee was marked Monday Feb 06,2017 with a 41-gun salute by World War I-era field guns in London's Green Park, and another 62-round gun salute at the Tower of London.
Buckingham Palace also released a photo of Elizabeth taken by British photographer David Bailey in 2014. In the picture, the monarch wears a suite of sapphire jewelry given to her by her father as a wedding gift in 1947.
The palace says the 90-year-old Elizabeth was spending the day quietly at her Sandringham estate in eastern England. She does not celebrate the anniversary of the date she became queen, known as Ascension Day, as it is also the anniversary of her father's death.
Queen Elizabeth surpassed Queen Victoria as Britain's longest-serving monarch in 2015.
Queen Elizabeth has four children, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Queen Elizabeth 's eldest son, Prince Charles, is next in line to the British throne
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