Queen Elizabethis officially an Instagram influencer!
The 92-year-old monarch paid a visit to London’s Science Museum on Thursday to announce its summer exhibition, where she saw a letter written to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert from Charles Babbage, the world’s first computer engineer. With a tap of the screen in the newly opened Smith Centre in front of guests, the Queen touched the screen and made her first contribution to the@theRoyalFamily’s official Instagram accountto share the note.
The caption reads, “Today, as I visit the Science Museum I was interested to discover a letter from the Royal Archives, written in 1843 to my great-great-grandfather Prince Albert. Charles Babbage, credited as the world’s first computer pioneer, designed the ‘Difference Engine,’ of which Prince Albert had the opportunity to see a prototype in July 1843.”
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The post is signed “Elizabeth R.”
“We are honoured that while opening The Smith Centre at the Science Museum Your Majesty shared a post on Instagram for the first time,” the Science Museum wrote in a comment on the image. “We’re thrilled that the image is of correspondence from the Royal Archive between Charles Babbage and Your Majesty’s great-great-grandfather Prince Albert about the Difference Engine No.1 on display in our Making the Modern World gallery.”
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The @theRoyalFamily’s Instagram account, which currently has 4.5 million followers, was set up in 2013 to share images and content ofQueen Elizabethand her family’s work and celebrations.
The Science Museum was also where the Queen sent out her first tweet in 2014. In similar acts, the monarch sent her first e-mail during a 1976 engagement at a military base and launched the first website of the British royals in 1997.
In addition to the social media accounts for the Queen, Kensington Palace hasTwitterandInstagrampages to follow the lives ofPrince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, whileClarence Houseshares content surrounding Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on both platforms.
While most senior members of the royal family stay away from having personal social media accounts – Meghan even deleted hers before marryingPrince Harry– others have launched their own pages.Princess Eugenie, is active onInstagram, as are her mother, Sarah Ferguson, and father, Prince Andrew. And whilePrincess Beatrice‘s Twitter page is public and verified, hersecret Instagram was exposedwhenKarlie Klossshared a screenshot of when she shared her engagement news with her pal. The model taggedPrincess Beatrice’s private account —@beayork. (Her official title isPrincess Beatriceof York.)
They must not “promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.”
source: people.com
