The longest reigning female monarch ever is Elizabeth II, who is currently the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, and is a constitutional monarch. She has been Queen of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, since 6 February 1952, (the other countries she is at present queen of were not independent at the time of her accession). The previous record was held by Victoria Another British monarch who reigned for 63 years, 216 days until she was surpassed by Elizabeth in 2016.