Britain’s Royalty Has an Account on Twitter

July 12, 2009 · Filed Under News · Comment

Popular microblogging site Twitter will now give news of the British royal family. A spokesperson of the Buckingham Palace recently announced that the Twitter account @BritishMonarchy has gone live after several days of testing.

Buckingham Palace, the administrative headquarter of the British Queen, said that it had signed up with Twitter in order to spread news about the members of the royal family across the world. Among the details that the account will provide are news of royal engagements as well as links to the activities of members of the British royal family. However the Buckingham Palace spokesperson also clarified that neither the Queen nor any member of the royal family will be tweeting in person.

The Twitter account @BritishMonarchy is designed to work more as a news service rather than as an expression of personal views, according to official sources. However both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince of Wales have been made aware of the Twitter account.

Among the very first “tweets” sent from the account @BritishMonarchy are links to photos of the Queen receiving the new Poet Laureate of Britain, Carol Ann Duffy. There are also links to YouTube videos of Prince William discussing the charity Skill Force.

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