Posted in Duke of Edinburgh, Google, Prince Philip, The Queen on October 16th, 2008
The Queen visited Google’s London headquarters in Victoria today, together with the Duke of Edinburgh.
To mark the occasion, the giant internet search company put up a new logo on its google.co.uk site (pictured).
The highlight of the visit was when Queen and Duke were shown a YouTube clip of a baby with an infectious laugh. Both were reduced to giggles by the footage.
They were also introduced to co-founder of YouTube Chad Hurley, as well as software engineers, senior managers, and other staff.
The Queen uploads a video to the Royal Channel on YouTube
Nikesh Arora, President of Google Europe, Middle East and Africa, who escorted the Queen around Google HQ, said: “She did seem very, very interested in everything going on. She has used YouTube and has her own Royal Channel and understands what our products are about.”
The Royal Channel was launched last Christmas and has been viewed 1.6 million times by Web users. It’s now one of the most popular destinations on the site.
Posted in Google, Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Royal Anecdotes, The Queen on September 24th, 2008
The Queen’s Private Secretary has requested (“commanded” in the old parlance) a visit to Google’s London offices sometime in October.
HM particularly wants to meet the team that created a Royal Channel for her on YouTube, which is now owned by Google.
Staff say the Queen learned to use computers only two years ago to be able to email her grandchildren. She has also mastered the art of texting on her mobile phone and regularly keeps in touch with Prince William, Harry and Zara.
It’s believed Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie taught her how to use YouTube and Facebook and may even have suggested the Royal Channel idea.
Her Majesty is said to surf the internet a lot, and probably likes to see what people are writing or saying about her and her family.
I would think it more than likely that she reads Royal Anecdotes occasionally as we are often in the top four or five results in Google searches for Royal terms.
It would be good to know that HM approves of our combined efforts and, who knows, might even post a comment one day.
Sometimes getting hold of authentic Royal info can be as difficult as tickling for trout in a chalk stream in full spate. Any inside information would be most welcome.
