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Queen Elizabeth Just Posted on Instagram for the Very First Time — Watch the Cute Video!
Who said Queen Elizabeth wasn’t social media savvy?! The 92-year-old monarch used the photo-sharing platform Instagram like a pro when she visited the Science Museum in London and shared her very first post on Thursday, March 7.
Using the Royal Family’s official Instagram account, the queen shared a letter that was written to her great-great-grandfather Prince Albert in 1843. And once the post went live, she immediately flashed a big smile in front of a cheering crowd, who started to read the monarch’s long caption online. Watch the cute video below!
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“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,” she captioned her first Insta post. “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. In the letter, Babbage told Queen Victoria and Prince Albert about his invention the ‘Analytical Engine’ upon which the first computer programmes were created by Ada Lovelace, a daughter of Lord Byron.”
“Today, I had the pleasure of learning about children’s computer coding initiatives and it seems fitting to me that I publish this Instagram post, at the Science Museum which has long championed technology, innovation and inspired the next generation of inventors,” she continued before signing the caption, “Elizabeth R.”
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The queen’s post has already received over 62,000 likes and counting and it’s only been live for four hours! Queen Elizabeth’s trip to the Science Museum this morning was a lot different than her last visit four years ago. This time, she got to open the new Smith Center and announce the opening of Top Secret, a new exhibit about communications intelligence. Hopefully, we’ll get to see a lot more Instagram posts from the queen in the future!
