Her childhood royal status gave the future queen and her family access to technology and a little more opportunity. And even in the last years of his life he mastered new technologies – Zoom and Instagram.

always first

• One of the media’s favorite facts, always mentioned in material about the Queen, is that the wedding of Elizabeth and Lieutenant Mountbatten – It was the first royal event to be broadcast on television and radio.. 20 million people worldwide listened to the broadcast from Westminster Abbey. It was November 20, 1947.
• In addition, On June 2, 1953, II. Elizabeth’s coronation was also the first in history to be televised.. The event was broadcast from Westminster Abbey.
• December 25, 1957 Elizabeth became the first British monarch to wish her subjects a Merry Christmas on television.. In 1932, his grandfather, George V, gave a radio talk written for him by his close friend and author Rudyard Kipling. His son, Edward VIII, did not inherit the baton in 1937, abdicating two weeks before Christmas, and there was no address the following year either – after World War II. Elizabeth’s father, George VI, was afraid of public speaking because of his stuttering. In 1939, he managed to overcome this fear. Elizaveta personally joined the tradition in 1952 and has truly made it permanent ever since. The longest speech was the address of 1997 – it lasted 10 minutes.
• On March 26, 1976, II. Elizabeth became the first head of state to use e-mail. The technology was invented five years ago, in 1971.

Queen, Technology and Science

• In 1940, as World War II raged on the planet, he made his first radio talk during the BBC’s Children’s Hour, where he spoke to evacuated children. She was then 14 years old.
• In 1969, a few months after the Americans set foot on the moon, Elizabeth met Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Both arrived at Buckingham Palace on October 14.

Queen’s meeting with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin / Photo: townandcountrymag

• Elizabeth the Second was a big car lover. Despite the presence of his own driver, he often got behind the wheel and did not give up his hobby to the end. Even at the age of 95, he was often photographed during car trips on the Windsor Castle grounds, after doctors’ advice to rest. It’s interesting that he’s the only person in the country who can drive without a license. The fact is that the rights to rule are given in the name of the monarch and the queen cannot give them to herself. Also, His Majesty’s cars didn’t need license plates. II. Elizabeth mostly drove the dark green Jaguar X-Type Sportwagon, which was discontinued 10 years ago. Overall, the Queen’s car collection is estimated at £10 million and includes several dozen cars: from classic Rolls-Royce to modern Bentleys and Land Rovers. The latter is considered her favorite brand.
• Although the Queen was not very active, she also used social networks. He did it himself in 2019 published your first Instagram post on your behalf. It was a photocopy of a letter from the Royal Archives that the scientist Charles Babbage had sent to Prince Albert in 1843.

Today I had the pleasure of learning to teach kids computer coding. I think it’s appropriate to post this on Instagram while I’m at the Science Museum, which has long preserved technology and innovation and inspired a new generation of inventors.
– wrote the queen.

• Another program that the Queen mastered at the age of 94 zoom in. It resorted to its use due to the coronavirus pandemic, which made personal conversations impossible. The monarch’s first call was the meeting of the Caregiver Aid Fund, headed by Her Majesty’s daughter, Princess Anne. As the media reported at the time, Elizabeth spoke to English people caring for people with disabilities, the sick, and the elderly. Over time, it became a regular practice: she gave out awards via Zoom, communicated with other members of the royal family, and more.

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