Click on the audio player above to hear this segment.
In the summer of 1952, Queen Elizabeth II took the throne in Great Britain. Today she becomes the country's longest-serving monarch, surpassing Queen Victoria, whose record had been of 63 years, seven months, and two days.
John Hockenberry reflects on the many changes Queen Elizabeth has seen in her long reign, and how her decades in power are similar to and different from those of Queen Victoria.