Queen Becomes Longest Reigning Monarch
We revisit Her Majesty's last trip to our region.
The Queen has become the longest reigning monarch in British history today - and we've been revisiting Her Majesty's last trip to our region.
Queen Elizabeth II overtakes the record previously held by her great-great-grandmother, Victoria, by being on the throne for a total of 63 years, seven months and two days.
Events are taking place to mark the occassion and the Queen will also be seen in public today as she opens the new ÂŁ300m Borders Railway in Edinburgh later.
Her Majesty last visited our region back in 2008.
Glenn Redhead - who is part of the St Mary's Beverley Church Brigade Band - performed on the platform at Hull Paragon Station as she arrived on train that day. He remembers the day well and told Viking FM:
"It was really exciting and special and the Queen is also a patron of our organisation so it was really nice to meet her. She asked me how long I had been involved in the band and expressed how good she thought we were.
"Prince Charles was cracking jokes about the tune that we played as it was like the Royal salute, so he made a joke about it being a special tune for him.
"I remember she seemed quite small and very delicate. She didn't seem much bigger than many of the younger band members but she was really immaculately dressed and her make up was perfect. She was wearing a yellow coat and hat and she had a flower posy in her hand.
"Everybody was really excited and when we started playing everybody started cheering, obviously they couldn't see the Queen but they knew the train had arrived and then when we stopped as she got close to us, you could just hear everyone in the background cheering. We've got quite a few youngsters in the band and at the time a few of them were around 9 or 10 and they found it very special and she did speak to quite a few of them as she walked past us.
"She really seemed to enjoy it and Prince Phillip was also talking to the children and he knew the piece that we played so he was very chatty.
"We got informed about taking part in the event about two weeks beforehand, the Lord Leiutenant contacted us and asked if we would like to be involved in the day and perform for the Queen which we were obviously pleased to be a part of. You don't expect to be asked to be involved in anything like that and we've got pictures up of the day in our headquarters to remind us all."
Thousands of people turned out on the day - in what was the Queen's first visit in a decade to Hull.
Her Majesty unveiled a plaque at the Interchange before travelling to the new Oncology and Haemotology Centre at Cottingham's Castle Hill Hospital, which is named in her honour. She officially opened the new facility and also met staff and patients at the centre.
The trip also included a visit to Ferens Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Square and the Guildhall, while also meeting people affected by the 2007 floods and some of East Yorkshire's well-known sporting heroes.