Elizabeth has sent her first ever tweet at the opening of a new science exhibition in London.
At age 88, she would be forgiven for eschewing modern technology, but the Monarch tweeted just after 11.30am this morning:
It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the @ScienceMuseum and I hope people will enjoy visiting. Elizabeth R.
— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) October 24, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">The official British Monarchy Twitter account immediately confirmed that the Queen herself had indeed sent the message.
The last tweet was sent personally by The Queen from her official Twitter account @BritishMonarchy #TheQueenTweets
— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) October 24, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">#TheQueenTweets pic.twitter.com/jz69LOlGcD
— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) October 24, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">And people are loving it; the reaction has been fantastic so far:
I like that while tweeting for first time, Queen has matched her outfit with the #Twitter bird logo pic.twitter.com/IoFTQHVc6D #thequeentweets
— Jennifer Lipman (@jenlipman) October 24, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">I hope the Queen isn't on her phone all the way through her Christmas speech this year. #TheQueenTweets
— Ed Brody (@chiefbrody1984) October 24, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">One is rather good with technology RT @BritishMonarchy: #TheQueenTweets pic.twitter.com/9O7BJnBtoz
— James Randerson (@james_randerson) October 24, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">#TheQueenTweets has made our life. Just waiting for her to do a #TBT now.
— Yahoo Celebrity UK (@YahooCelebUK) October 24, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">#TheQueenTweets pic.twitter.com/BQ4wmbKwVE ...Welcome to the dark side Lizzie. Next step, Instagram
— Yasmin Evans (@YasminEvans) October 24, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">RT @BritishMonarchy: #TheQueenTweets pic.twitter.com/CS2P4eNl6d (Nobody told her she could have used her phone)
— Matthew Gidley (@MatthewGidley) October 24, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">
