Buckingham Palace has revealed that the Royal Family has now joined the Twitter micro-blogging revolution. The Twitter account @BritishMonarchy has just gone live, following several weeks of testing.
A spokeswoman said it had signed up to harness the popularity of Twitter to spread news about the Royal Family. It will provide details of royal engagements as well as link to information about what members of the family are doing. But the spokeswoman said neither the Queen nor other members of the Royal Family would be tweeting personally. The intention," she explained, "is that it is a news service rather than a personal voice."
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