EMBARGOED TO 00.01 BST WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 This image is free of charge for a month from release. Use or reproduction in any format on any platform after October 8, 2015, must be approved first by Royal Communications at Buckingham Palace. This handout picture of Queen Elizabeth II taken July 2015 has been released by Buckingham Palace to mark the moment she becomes the longest reigning British Monarch. The photograph, by Mary McCartney, shows The Queen seated at her desk in her private audience room at Buckingham Palace with one of her official red boxes which she has received almost every day of her reign and contain important papers from government ministers in the United Kingdom and her Realms and from her representatives across the Commonwealth and beyond. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday September 8, 2015. See PA story ROYAL Reign. Photo credit should read: Mary McCartney/ copyright: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II / PA Wire.

Voici la photo officielle diffusée à l’occasion de cette journée historique où la reine Elizabeth est devenue le monarque britannique ayant eu le plus long règne dans l’histoire du pays. La photo a été prise cet été par Mary Mac Carty.