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Queen Elizabeth Posts Her First Photo on Instagram

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Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth of England recently published her first post to Instagram.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Today, as I visit the Science Museum I was interested to discover a letter from the Royal Archives, written in 1843 to my great-great-grandfather Prince Albert. Charles Babbage, credited as the world’s first computer pioneer, designed the “Difference Engine”, of which Prince Albert had the opportunity to see a prototype in July 1843. In the letter, Babbage told Queen Victoria and Prince Albert about his invention the “Analytical Engine” upon which the first computer programmes were created by Ada Lovelace, a daughter of Lord Byron. Today, I had the pleasure of learning about children’s computer coding initiatives and it seems fitting to me that I publish this Instagram post, at the Science Museum which has long championed technology, innovation and inspired the next generation of inventors. Elizabeth R. PHOTOS: Supplied by the Royal Archives © Royal Collection Trust / Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019

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Sent via the royal family's Instagram account, the Queen shared a photo of a letter Thursday, sent to her great-great grandfather Prince Albert - husband of Queen Victoria - from 1843.     

Sent via the royal family's Instagram account, the Queen shared a photo of a letter Thursday, sent to her great-great grandfather Prince Albert - husband of Queen Victoria - from 1843.
    
The letter was from Charles Babbage, a 19th Century mathematician, inventor and computer science pioneer.

The queen wrote, "It seems fitting to me that I publish this Instagram post at the science museum which has long championed technology, innovation, and inspired the next generation of inventors." 

The queen signed the post "Elizabeth-R."

The royal family's account has 4.7 millions followers.  Thousands liked the queen's first-ever post.



 

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