We’ve all received e-mail from SPAMmers claiming to be royalty. Most of the time, it’s just an invitation to send out our bank account information and open up our lives to identity fraud.
But then week, twenty-three people across the world got an authentic e-mail from royalty as Queen Elizabeth sat down and sent out a response to people who’ve written blogs about their lives and their experiences of the Commonwealth, according to the BBC. The recipients were all under the age of 30 and responded to invitation to write a blog about their lives and what being part of the Commonwealth means to them.
“I have read with interest your accounts of a typical day in your own country, which remind me of what we share across the Commonwealth, even as our daily lives may be very different”, the Queen wrote.
“I am heartened by your messages to see that the special spirit of the Commonwealth is alive and well among so many talented and enthusiastic young people, and send you all my congratulations and good wishes for the future. Elizabeth R.”
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: “The Queen thought it would be a good idea to respond to the children online because that is the way they communicate.”
Back in 1976, the Queen was a trendsetter. She became the first monarch to send an e-mail during a visit to an army base. She was demonstrating a technology in its infancy.
In the intervening years, as more and more of us discovered the internet’s potential, the Queen stuck with tried and tested methods of communication – letters, telegrams and telemessages.
Slice of SciFi contributor Darcy Low contributed to this news story.
My father worked on Skylab, Apollo Rockets, the F-18, ect. Has been around and a part of technology for years, still he will not use a computer. Kudos to the queen mum.
Tim
How did she get my private email address? And why is she sending me porn?