14th June Liz has Louis in her sights


Having knocked off the King of Thailand over the weekend, Queen Elizabeth now has little Louis well and truly in her sights. As of Monday, our Liz has been on the throne for 70 years and 127 days, and as such she has jumped into silver medal position in the longest Morach competition, having finally overtaken Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in 2016. 

Now it's only little Louis standing between her and the 'big one'. Oh no, not her adorable scene stealing great grandson but rather Louis who became king of France when he was only 4 and is the only remaining obstacle to 'her Madge' becoming top dog in the monarchy stakes.

Speaking in an exclusive chin wag with Grace Under Pressure  over a mug of Yorkshire tea and breakfast of age retarding pills and potions, the Queen revealed, "One doesn't remember the monarch who reigned for the seond longest period of time, does one? So while I'm still in the saddle so to speak, I'll ride on for a bit longer. Charlie and Kermiller will have to wait just that teeny tiny incy wincy little bit longer before he tries on the crown for size. May 2024 let's say".

"And one thinks it only fair to lodge a complaint with the Guinness Book of World Records because although Louis XIV's reigned from 643 to 1715, a total of 72 years and 110 days, he only started to rule personally in his 20s, in 1661. So techinically as my dear Philip might say, 'Johnny Foreigner can just bugger off."



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