The Queen and I: Her first Investiture

On September 9th, Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's longest reigning monarch: surpassing her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria's record of 63 years and seven months.

Just three weeks after Elizabeth became Queen, Bill Speakman went to Buckingham Palace to be awarded the Victoria Cross, in the first Investiture of the Queen's reign.

Bill, now 90, received the VC for holding off a wave of attacks in the Korean War. He told Peter Allen what he remembers of meeting the Queen that day.

“I think she was a bit shy and I was a bit shy - she asked me how I was and this and that… then she pinned the medal,” he said.

This clip is part of 5 live Daily on Wednesday on September 9th, 2015.