October 19, 2008 by Matt Thomas
Did you wonder what the Queen’s head was doing on the Google logo when you logged on last Thursday? Apparently it was in honour of a visit to Google’s UK headquarters, where the Queen personally uploaded archive video of a 1969 Buckingham Palace reception to her own YouTube channel, ‘the Royal Channel.’ The channel was launched last December and currently boasts 54 individual videos.
During the visit, the Queen and Prince Phillip, who is said to be an avid internet user, were also invited to play with Google Earth. There was however, a slight moment of embarrassment for the search engine giant when Prince Phillip was unable to find the palace staff’s offices on Buckingham Palace road – the photograph of the area that area Google are using predates the building’s construction.
The couple also met Peter Oakley a.k.a “Geriatric 1927”, an 81-year-old man whose YouTube videos garnered a nomination for a YouTube award in 2006.
For Queen Elizabeth this is just the latest chapter in a longstanding relationship with internet technology. She was apparently the first Queen to send an email and has her very own website, as well as obviously, a strong presence on YouTube.
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