Queen Elizabeth to become worlds longest serving monarch

 As the Queen prepares to become the nation's
longest-serving monarch, ITV News has spoken to
one of Britain's best-loved entertainers about his
memories of her 63-year reign.
Sir Bruce Forsyth has been working in
showbusiness throughout the Queen’s entire 63-
year reign.
The pair first met in 1958, six years after Her
Majesty’s accession to the throne, and their paths
have crossed several times throughout the years.
This includes when Sir Bruce received his
knighthood in 2011.
“She said ‘you must have been entertaining us for
quite some time’”, Sir Bruce told ITV News. “I said
this coming February I will have been in
showbusiness for 70 years. I think that took her
back. I think it did remind her that somebody else
had been working almost as long as she had.”
Sir Bruce is just two years younger than the
Queen, who becomes Britain’s longest reigning
monarch on September 9. He described his
admiration for the way she coped with being
thrust into the role at such a young age.
The Queen was just 25 when her father, King
George VI, died in 1952 and, like Sir Bruce, she
has witnessed huge changes in the country and
around the world ever since.
Sir Bruce, 87, paid tribute to the way the Queen
has always been “there for us as a nation” and
how she has come through all the difficulties that
have been thrown at her during her reign.
He said: “I think of her as a person who’s been
through all the years that I’ve been through and
we’ve got through it pretty well and we’re still
going, for how long I don’t know.
"I admire her longevity, her charm and the way
she’s coped with her life and her meaning of what
this country is all about.
“Things seem to bounce off her and whatever
happens she’s always the Queen. She’s there for
us as a nation and you feel that coming through
with her.



The entertainer has graced the stage in Her
Majesty’s presence at the Royal Variety Show and
drew comparisons between their journeys
through life, having both experienced a form of
“stardom” and the expectations placed upon them
as a result, including countless public appearances
and international travel.
Despite so many engagements, Sir Bruce said the
Queen always remembers people and is
“gracious” to those she meets.
The country is also a very different place
compared to when the former Generation Game
host entered showbusiness aged 14.
She would be, as I am, just amazed if anybody
said to me you’ll be still going in 2015 and still
working.
– SIR BRUCE FORSYTH
He recalled rationing continuing a decade after
the Second World War finished and said London
was a “very dull” city when he started out.
“Everything practically closed at 10pm,” said Sir
Bruce. “London was like a ghost town. It was just
desolate, nobody went anywhere.
“We were different people because of that. We
had these rules, we got up at 8am, 9am and we
went to bed at 10pm. It was a different way of
life.”
The Queen and Sir Bruce, who stepped down as a
host of Strictly Come Dancing in 2013, both
remain in the spotlight, something which the TV
star said he would have laughed at back in 1958.
“She would be, as I am, just amazed if anybody
said to me you’ll be still going in 2015 and still
working,” he said. “I think she would have been
staggered by that, as I am.”