TOKYO -- The U.K. marked Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year platinum jubilee with pageant and parties this month -- and she has just notched another telling landmark.
On Sunday, she matched the 70-year, 126-day rule of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. That's a modern-era record for a sovereign state -- and less than two years behind Louis XIV of France on the all-time list.
