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But she has also broken other, more unusual records during her reign.
The Queen was thrust into power in 1952 after the sudden death of her father, King George VI on February 2 the same year.
She was on her honeymoon with Prince Phillip in Kenya, aged just 17, when she learnt that her father had died and she was to rule as the next-in-line to the throne.
She was crowned on June 2 1953 in a spectacular coronation that was broadcast around the world.
But her reign over Britain has seen her become one of the most famous, recognisable women in the world – with her reign even beating her great grandmother, Queen Victoria, who passed away in 1901 aged 81-years-old.
She has ruled longer than any other living king or queen in the world, following the death of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej on 13 October 2016.
She has also been the head of the Commonwealth for over six decades.
Her marriage to Prince Phillip is the longest lasting Royal union in history, after the couple married in 1947 and celebrated 70 years of wedding bliss in 2017.
And at age 92, she is also the eldest British Monarch to still be on the throne and has travelled to more than 100 countries – the most for a British Monarch ever.
The Queen also holds a record for being featured in the most amount of foreign currencies, with her recognised portraiture featured on 16 of the 52 countries within the Commonwealth.
Her face is even included in countries where she is no longer the head of state, including Fiji and Belize.
Earlier in July, it was revealed that she was the first royal to visit Russia in 1994 as she stayed at the Kremlin with her husband Prince Philip.
Her Royal Majesty also made history by visiting a number of countries for the first time before any other royal.
One such country was China, which she travelled to on a state visit in 1986.
She travelled to the country with Prince Philip to meet President Li Xiannian, before exploring Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an and Guangzhou.
The six-day visit followed less than two years after the Sino–British Joint Declaration, when the UK agreed to end the British rule of Hong Kong.
During the visit, she explored the terracotta warriors in Xi’an, as well as the Great Wall in Beijing.
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