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Inside the history of the Royal Family's Twitter account, from sending the Queen's first tweet to announcing her death

Michele TheilSep 9, 2022, 22:32 IST

Tributes to Queen Elizabeth II have been pouring out on social media.WPA Pool/Getty Images.

The @RoyalFamily Twitter account was first created in 2009, posting photos of the Royals.
in addition to announcements of Royal engagements, the Queen wrote her first tweet for the account.

The death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced by the official Royal Family Twitter account.

A crowd gathers at Buckingham Palace following Queen Elizabeth II's death.Yui Mok - PA Images / Contributor / Getty Images

The @RoyalFamily Twitter account was created in April 2009 under a different handle.

The @RoyalFamily Twitter account did not post many tweets in the first few years of its existence.

The account posted 42 tweets in December 2009.@RoyalFamily/Twitter

Around 2014, the account began to engage more with its followers and post more personal content about the Royals.

The Queen herself posted her first tweet from the account in 2014.

Though there is an official account for the Royals, members of the Royal Family have also created their own accounts on social media.

The account announced the death of Prince Phillip in 2021.

The Queen's death was announced on Twitter two minutes before the BBC.

After the Queen's death, the Royal Family's various accounts changed their profile photos in her honor.

The image has replaced the profile photos of every official Royal Family social media account.@RoyalFamily/Twitter

In the aftermath of the Queen's death, the Twitter account has posted twice more.

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