Sapphire is the 65th anniversary gemstone and a photograph has been reissued of the sovereign wearing a suite of sapphire jewellery given to her by her father as a wedding gift in 1947. (AP Photo) 

 

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• Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride, from Ottawa, Canada, speak to people after watching the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery stage a 41-Gun Royal Salute to celebrate Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's Sapphire Jubilee, marking the 65th anniversary of her accession to the throne in Green Park, London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has become the first British monarch to reach the milestone of 65 years on the throne. In 2010, she made her first visit to Wimbledon since 1977, for an Andy Murray match

39 million

 The estimated value , in dollars, of the Queen's jewellery, sapphires and all

40

 The Queen is the 40th monarch since William the Conqueror obtained the crown of England

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 The number of guns used for a salute by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery in London's Green Park on Feb. 6 at 12pm local time to celebrate the Sapphire Jubilee

63

 The number of official speeches the Queen has delivered at the opening of the U.K. Parliament

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 On Feb. 6, the anniversary of the day she became Queen, Elizabeth II will have reigned for 65 years

70

 The number of years that Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have been married

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 The number of years ago that the Queen learned to drive

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 The estimated percentage of Australia that managed to see the Queen when she toured the country in 1953

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 The age of Queen Victoria when she became the last and only other British monarch to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee (60 years), in 1897. LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning living monarch, celebrated her Sapphire Jubilee on Monday as Britain commemorated 65 years since she ascended the British throne.
Queen Elizabeth II marks her 65th anniversary as sovereign, making her the only British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee.