Queen goes online with first email address

The Queen’s latest foray into the world of modern technology has led her to setting up her own email account, it has emerged.

But, in true majesterial fashion, she does not actually type her emails herself - rather she dictates them.

The 81-year-old monarch, already the proud owner of a mobile phone and an iPod mini, revealed her aquisition of an email address at a recent Buckingham Palace garden party.

At the end of an animated conversation between the Queen and Elizabeth Saltzman, editor of Vanity Fair, the journalist said: "Look, we must keep in touch”".



"Absolutely!" agreed the monarch. "Here, let me give you my email address."

"Good lord, you use email?" replied a stunned Saltzman. "Oh yes," continued the Queen. "But I don’t actually write them - I dictate them all, of course."

Buckingham Palace refused to comment on whether the Queen had her own account. But, sources said that the Queen is in regular email contact with her grandchildren, though she does still apparently rely on her aides to show her how exactly to send them.

If you desire, you can send an email to the Queen courtesy of the Daily Telegraph, who will forward your message as soon as they discover the Queen's email address.