Queen Elizabeth II lights a memorial candle at a 2005 Holocaust commemoration event in central London. Photo: Reuters/Deryc R Sands Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in Britain’s history who died on Thursday at the age of 96, ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom in 1952, embarking on a 70-year odyssey that ushered her nation into its postwar, post-imperial period. No less than 15 British prime ministers were sworn in by the Queen, among them Sir Winston Churchill, who was born in 1874, and current incumbent Liz Truss, who was born in 1975. Her reign witnessed the twilight...