Louis Xiv: Last News

The Queen's has now reached a colossal 70 years on the throne.Her Majesty ascended to the Crown upon the death of her father George VI and has since become the country's longest-reigning monarch.Her unusually long reign, the second-longest ever behind French King Louis XIV, who ruled for 72 years, is in part due to her father's poor health.George had a range of ailments and illnesses including lung cancer and had to have a lung removed. He died while Elizabeth was touring Kenya with now late-husband Prince Philip.Becoming the leader of the world's most famous family and monarchy at such a young age was remarkable and slightly unexpected, despite the King's ill health.So how young was the Queen, what happened and how old was she when she took the throne?The Queen came to the throne in 1952 on February 6.We celebrate the jubilee on June 2, however, as this is when the Queen was crowned at Westminster Abbey.The Queen was in Kenya at the time of her father's death and returned to London to be greeted by then Prime Minister Winston Churchill.The Guardian reported: "Prince Philip reacted as if he had been hit by a thunderbolt.

Albert Serra has up to now been known for his revisionist period films, which include prankishly unconventional treatments of Don Quixote (“Honor of the Nights,” 2006), Casanova (“The Story of My Death,” 2013) and Louis XIV (“The Death of Louis XIV,” 2016).  With “Pacifiction,” he makes his first film with a contemporary setting—and made his debut in the main competition at Cannes, where the film premiered—but it’s in many ways the closest he’s come to classic historical fiction.

Albert Serra has up to now been known for his revisionist period films, which include prankishly unconventional treatments of Don Quixote (“Honor of the Nights,” 2006), Casanova (“The Story of My Death,” 2013) and Louis XIV (“The Death of Louis XIV,” 2016).  With “Pacifiction,” he makes his first film with a contemporary setting—and made his debut in the main competition at Cannes, where the film premiered—but it’s in many ways the closest he’s come to classic historical fiction.