Now this is what I call keeping up with the times. So apparently, Queen Elizabeth II and her whole royal household have created a Facebook page that was launched just last week. Social media fans will now be caught up in all the latest news, photos, speeches (etc etc) of the monarchy, and there is even an app for which users can search up Royal events happening near them (sadly, for us North Americans the closest would still be an ocean away). The page has been created as a 3 way collaboration between Buckingham Palace, Clarence House (official home of the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall and Princes William and Harry), and the Royal Collection.
But this isn’t the only social media site where the royal family is active on. Though the Facebook page is the latest in the series of social media launches by the Household, the British Monarchy also has a Flickr account (launched earlier this year), a Twitter account (joined 2009), and a channel on Youtube (2007). For all you social media fans, feel free to follow, like, subscribe and basically find out what’s happening in the family’s lives.
In my opinion, joining a social network (or in their case, many networks) this is a great way for the family to be more integrated in our society in this day and age. Celebrities do it, politicians do it, even your Average-Joe does it. So why not the British Monarchy? The Queen is also said to frequently email her grandkids! So kudos to the Queen for staying in tune with her inner techie!
Oh, and in case you were wondering, the Facebook page is a corporate page. So no, you cannot poke her.
1 comment:
wow even the Queen has twitter??
it's about time I start using my twitter account too!
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