Queen Elizabeth II Becomes Britain's Longest-serving Monarch

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We ask if economic change is more dramatic today than it was in Victorian Britain. Anna Whitelock is a reader in history at Royal Holloway in London, and fills us in on the economic history of Britain's two longest reigns. Meanwhile Elizabeth Hotson reports on the significance of the Queen to London's tourism trade. Plus the latest from San Francisco where Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, has unveiled its latest incarnations of the iPad and iPhone. And it's been a rocky day for US markets. (Picture: The Queen at her desk; Credit: Buckingham Palace.)