Tech adopter Queen Elizabeth II sends her first tweet

PERHAPS it was her viral photobomb with the Hockeyroos that gave her a taste for social media — now the Queen has sent her first ever tweet.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 24: Queen Elizabeth II arrives to visit the 'Information Age' Exhibition at the Science Museum on October 24, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

SHE was the first monarch ever to send email, and now the Queen has sent her first ever tweet.

While opening an information technology gallery at the Science Museum in London, the Queen tapped out the message to 724,000 followers of the @BritishMonarchy account, after first removing a glove: “It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the @ScienceMuseum and I hope people will enjoy visiting. Elizabeth R.”

The account is usually managed by palace staff.

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

It may not be the most electrifying post of 140 characters or fewer, but kudos goes to the early-adopting 88-year-old monarch whose 30-year-old grandson, Prince Harry, only made his twitter debut a few months ago.

Winging it ... Queen Elizabeth II sends her first tweet during a visit to the Information Age Exhibition at the Science Museum in London. Picture: Chris Jackson

While it may be the first time the Queen has tapped out a message on the social media platform, she already made a stunning impact on Twitter when she photobombed a selfie by Hockeyroo Jayde Taylor that went viral.

Ahhh The Queen photo-bombed our selfie!! 😄 👑 #royalty #sheevensmiled #amazing #Glasgow2014 @Hockeyroos @AusComGames pic.twitter.com/ZMtHYFUqHk

— Jayde Taylor (@_JaydeTaylor) July 24, 2014

The Queen has a reputation for embracing new technology. She not only made the first live Christmas broadcast in 1957 — she was the first monarch to send an email in 1976, during a visit to the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, while most of us still clung to a hand-delivered telegram as the most urgent method of sending a note.

In 1976 The Queen became the first Monarch to send an email during a visit to an army base - here it is! #SMInfoAge pic.twitter.com/jsVMyGGjsW

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) October 24, 2014

The new Information Age gallery will take visitors on a journey through the history of modern communications, from the telegraph to the smartphone, the BBC reports.

During The Queen's life communication has changed dramatically, from telegrams to telephones, TV & the web #smInfoAge pic.twitter.com/bcca4na6Hs

— Science Museum (@sciencemuseum) October 24, 2014

Originally published as Tech adopter Queen Elizabeth II sends her first tweet