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.”

The account had previously been managed by palace officials.

The Science Museum director remarked on how the Queen had harnessed advances in communication technology.

He said: “I mentioned earlier that Queen Victoria took a great interest in the invention of the telephone, and Your Majesty has followed in this tradition of embracing new technology. You made the first live Christmas broadcast in 1957 and an event relished by historians took place on 26 March 1976, when you became the first monarch to send an email, during a visit to the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment. May I now invite you to join me so that you may send your first tweet.”

The Queen removed a glove to send the tweet in front of 600 guests including communications entrepreneurs and experts

Originally posted by hello_world

Taylor Swift has had Twitter for ages, stop trolling.

Originally posted by McFosterXX

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Originally posted by Cupid

I'm ready for an Elizabeth vs Cher Twitter feud tbh.

This is so cool though, it's weird to think of The Queen actually sending out a Tweet.

Originally posted by Cupid

I'm ready for an Elizabeth vs Cher Twitter feud tbh.