Remembering Her Majesty The Queen and Her Use of Technology
Summary
– Back in 2009, President Obama gave Queen Elizabeth II an official gift of an iPod which had Broadway tunes and a songbook for The King and I on it, and footage of her 2007 visit to the US. On March 26 that year, Elizabeth II send an early form of e-mail from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE) in Malvern as a part of a demonstration of networking technology. The Tweet 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. As Queen, although she spent a lot of time carrying out a packed calendar of royal engagements, and many ceremonies having their roots in the past, it appears that she was happy to embrace and try many of the technologies that are very much part of the present. As a head of state, she was loved around the world and widely regarded as a leader who was wise and knowledgeable, and showed a character and values that reflected well on the country, which has benefitted UK businesses over the years.