[11:03]Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrives at Newtongrange railway station
Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrives at Newtongrange railway station, in Scotland, September 9, 2015. Queen Elizabeth officialy opened the new Scottish Borders Railway on the day she became Britain's longest reigning monarch. Reuters/Andrew Milligan/Pool

Queen Elizabeth II also tries to get on the latest trend in technology especially when it involves communicating with her loved ones. It’s reported that Britain’s longest-ruling monarch also uses Skype to contact or get in touch with her grandchildren.

The queen uses Skype to communicate with her granddaughter Zara Philips, according to Hello Magazine. Queen Elizabeth II reportedly made this revelation during her annual visit to the Women’s Institute in Sandringham.

Yvonne Browne, vice president and chair of the group known in the United Kingdom as “WI,” told People that Queen Elizabeth II is “very much in the modern world.” Brown said that at 89-years old the British monarch, along with most grandparents, uses modern technology if she wants to keep in touch with her families.

The queen has already well established her knowledge and adeptness with modern technology over the past years. She had used modern means in relaying important messages coming from the British monarchy.

A report from The Observer described Queen Elizabeth II as a “high tech monarch” for embracing social media and television over her 63-year reign. To keep up with the modern way of news and video sharing, the queen had allowed for the launch of the British Monarchy’s own official YouTube channel in 2007. She also launched www.royal.gov.uk., the official website of the British monarchy.

In terms of social networking, the British monarchy under the reign of Queen Elizabeth II gets to have its own Facebook and Flickr account in 2010 and an Instagram account a year later. The royal family also has its own Twitter account, with the queen believed to have sent her first tweet in 2014.

Her first tweet was to officially launch a new exhibit on the Information Age at London’s Science Museum. The Memo claimed her tweet was sent through the iPhone.

According to The Observer, among the previous monarchs in Britain, Queen Elizabeth II became the first ever ruler to send an email. It was reportedly back in 1976 that she sent her first email to officially open the first computer network in the U.K called ARPANET. Queen Elizabeth has also praised the importance and benefits of modern technology during her first televised speech in 1957 (see video below).

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