All the world leaders Queen Elizabeth II outlasted or lived to see in her 70-year reign
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Rob Price,Maria Noyen,Shayanne Gal,Kiara Keane
Sep 9, 2022, 04:41 IST
Queen Elizabeth II poses on September 6, 1984 at Buckingham Palace with (from L to R) French President François Mitterrand, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, US President Ronald Reagan, Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany, and Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi.DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, after 70 years on the throne.
The monarch saw 16 British prime ministers and 14 US presidents serve during her reign.
While on the throne, the Queen saw 16 prime ministers serve Britain, from Winston Churchill to the newly chosen Liz Truss. With each she maintained a "special relationship," holding private audiences for them on a regular basis.
In the BBC documentary "Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work" Tony Blair, who served as prime minster from 1997 to 2007, said there was nothing he couldn't say to her. "The one thing you know is that she will never divulge anything to anyone," he added.
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But others were perhaps a bit more complicated. Her relationship with Thatcher, documented in-depth in season 4 of "The Crown", was said to have been more difficult than previous prime ministers.
The Queen held relationships with various world leaders, particularly the US, Russia, Germany, and France.
When she was able, the Queen often traveled to meet world leaders on their turf. In 2015 she made her last state visit to Germany, meeting then-Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her first visit to the country took place back in 1965, according to the BBC, when she enjoyed a lunch with West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard.
Insider has put together a timeline showing the scale of her life and reign, and the era-defining leaders whose tenures she outlasted:
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