Sources close to the ex-royal briefed People magazine in the US following weeks of speculation, claiming he had spoken personally to the Duke of Westminster.
Queen Victoria - as she became aged 18 in 1837 after three of her uncles died without surviving heirs - went on to rule for 63 years, seven months and two days.
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