Sound the bugles! We are now in the presence of a royal tweet.
Queen Elizabeth II posted her first tweet to the @BritishMonarchy Twitter account Friday, in honor of an exhibit at London's Science Museum that celebrates the history of communications technology. She signed the post "Elizabeth R."
It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the @ScienceMuseum and I hope people will enjoy visiting. Elizabeth R.October 24, 2014
Then, in a series of posts that we're sure the Queen did not type herself, #TheQueenTweets became a thing.
The last tweet was sent personally by The Queen from her official Twitter account @BritishMonarchy #TheQueenTweetsOctober 24, 2014
And it looks like the Queen used a tablet to do the tweeting.
#TheQueenTweets pic.twitter.com/jz69LOlGcDOctober 24, 2014
Her son, Prince Andrew, and her granddaughter, Princess Beatrice, have her beat with their own personal Twitter accounts. But nobody can beat the Queen herself when it comes to a very modern pastime: photobombing.
Ahhh The Queen photo-bombed our selfie!! 😄 👑 #royalty #sheevensmiled #amazing #Glasgow2014 @Hockeyroos @AusComGames pic.twitter.com/ZMtHYFUqHkJuly 24, 2014
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