{"id":239,"date":"2015-11-07T10:11:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T10:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/?p=239"},"modified":"2015-11-07T10:11:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T10:11:38","slug":"rule-britannia-a-royal-treasure-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Rule, Britannia: A Royal Treasure Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In September the Queen became the longest ever reigning monarch in British history,\u00a0passing the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria.\u00a0To mark the occasion Treasure Hunts in London organised a treasure hunt from Buckingham Palace, home of the Queen, to Kensington Palace, birthplace of Queen Victoria.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scavengerhunts.london\/royal-hunt.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scavengerhunts.london\/wpimages\/wpc86e4da5_05_06.jpg\" alt=\"Team of Treasure Hunters outside Buckingham Palace gates\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team of Treasure Hunters outside Buckingham Palace gates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Previous holders of the title longest reigning monarch <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Edward III<\/strong>: January 25 1327 to June 21 1377, 50 years 147 days. Born 1312, died 1377, age 64<\/li>\n<li><strong>Henry III<\/strong>: October 18 1216 to November 16 1272: 56 years 29 days. Born 1207, died 1272, age 65.<\/li>\n<li><strong>James VI of Scotland, later James I of England<\/strong>: King of Scotland July 24 1567 to March 27 1625: 57 years, 246 days. Born 1566, died 1625, age 59<\/li>\n<li><strong>George III<\/strong>: October 25 1760 to January 29 1820: 59 years 96 days. Born, 1738, died 1820, age 81<\/li>\n<li><strong>Queen Victoria<\/strong>: June 20 1837 to January 22 1901: 63 years 216 days. Born, 1819, died 1901, age 81<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scavengerhunts.london\/royal-hunt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-241\" src=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/dsc_1644.jpg?w=201\" alt=\"Meeting point for Treasure Hunts in London \" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September the Queen became the longest ever reigning monarch in British history,\u00a0passing the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria.\u00a0To mark the occasion Treasure Hunts in London organised a treasure hunt from Buckingham Palace, home of the Queen, to Kensington Palace, birthplace of Queen Victoria. 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