Queen Elizabeth II Sends First Twitter Message

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The Queen opens new gallery at the Science Museum

The Queen has sent her first ever tweet while opening an information technology gallery at the Science Museum. The message, which went out at 11:35am to 724,000 followers of the @BritishMonarchy account, read: “It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the @ScienceMuseum and I hope people will enjoy visiting. Elizabeth R.”

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

The account had previously been managed by palace officials.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived on Friday morning at the Science Museum in London to open and tour the UK’s first permanent gallery dedicated to the history of information and communications technology.

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