Author: Ceylan Yeginsu / Source: New York Times
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The world’s longest reigning monarch has already emailed and tweeted, and on Thursday she passed a new milestone by publishing her first post on Instagram.
Wearing a bright tangerine coat with a matching hat, Queen Elizabeth II stepped up to a glass lectern, removed a long black glove and gently tapped “share” on an iPad.
Just so we’re clear: The queen, 92, used the royal family’s account; she does not have a personal Instagram page. Do not expect her to post mirror selfies from Buckingham Palace.
The queen’s first post was a picture of a letter that was sent to her great-great-grandfather by Charles Babbage, a 19th-century mathematician, inventor and computer science pioneer.
The post was projected onto a large screen at the Science Museum in London and was met by large applause from the audience. The queen looked up at the picture and smiled.
Her Instagram caption read, “Today, I had the pleasure of learning about children’s computer coding…
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