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The Queen sends her first tweet

Published 24/10/2014, 15:12
© Reuters Britain's Queen Elizabeth takes her seat in a State Carriage for the carriage procession to Buckingham Palace in London

LONDON (Reuters) - The Queen made her first foray into the world of social media on Friday when she sent out her inaugural message on Twitter.

"It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the @sciencemuseum and I hope people will enjoy visiting. Elizabeth R," the 88-year-old monarch tweeted at the opening of a new gallery at London's Science Museum.

The message, sent at 10.35 GMT (11.35 a.m. BST) , had already been re-tweeted more than 4,000 times less than 45 minutes later.

© Reuters. Britain's Queen Elizabeth sends her first Tweet during a visit to the 'Information Age' Exhibition at the Science Museum, in London

The queen's official Twitter account @BritishMonarchy, which is run by royal aides, has issued almost 19,000 messages since its inception in 2009 and has some 725,000 followers.

(Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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