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How the Royal Family Used Twitter to Tell the World the Queen Elizabeth II Had Died

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How the Royal Family Used Twitter to Tell the World the Queen Elizabeth II Had Died

[ad_1] Queen’s Elizabeth II’s death after 70 years on the throne was announced first on Twitter — from the Royal Family’s own account. Queen's Elizabeth II's death after 70 years on the throne was announced first on Twitter — from the Royal Family's own account. A tweet stating the long-serving monarch had “died peacefully at Balmoral” was posted by @RoyalFamily at 6.30 p.m. local time, two minutes ahead of the BBC's own announcement on the platform. That Twitter was chosen as the initial vector for the news shows how much the family's approach to communication has morphed, especially in the latter years of the Queen's reign. Known for their use of pomp and ceremony to reinforce the power of the monarchy, the Windsors ...

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[ad_1] Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 on Thursday.Queen Elizabeth's reign continued for more than seven decades. And after her death on Thursday, many users on social media are opting to remember her humour. Journalists and other Twitter users have shared a clip of the queen's former royal protection officer, Richard Griffin, telling a very funny story about the monarch in honour of her Platinum Jubilee in June. The video is credited to Sky News. For many users, it was their "favourite story".Also Read | King Charles' First Address Today As Britain Mourns Queen ElizabethIn the video, Mr Griffin is heard saying that he accompanied Queen Elizabeth on a picnic in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, near Balmoral Castle when they ran into the tourists, who were on vacation in the area."The Qu...

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[ad_1] Queen Elizabeth II stopped raising corgis in her 90s so as not to leave them orphaned after her death.London: Queen Elizabeth II's corgi dogs were the most loyal of all the monarch's servants, providing domestic companionship during nearly a century in the public glare. The queen and corgis went together in the British imagination like tea and cake, giving a worldwide exposure to the obscure breed, whose future is now under threat.The little, mainly sandy-coloured dogs with pointy ears were a busy presence in the queen's court, following her from room to room in Buckingham Palace and featuring in official photos.They were even given a starring role in the spoof James Bond clip filmed with the queen for the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.The queen stopped raising corg...