Queen Elizabeth posts herself for the first time on Instagram

  This post is a letter from mathematician Charles Papa to her great-great-grandfather Prince Albert and husband of Queen Victoria.

Using a touch-screen device to send the message, Queen Elizabeth wrote: “Today, while visiting the Museum of Science, I was interested in discovering a letter from the Royal Archives, written in 1843 to my great-grandfather Prince Albert, Charles, who is credited as the first computer pioneer in the Scientist, designed the 'Difference Engine', which Prince Albert had the opportunity to see a prototype of in July 1843, and in the speech, Babbage told Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of his invention of the 'Analytic Engine' on which the first computer programs were created by Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron".

She continued, “Today, I had the pleasure of learning about children’s computer coding initiatives, and it seems fitting to me to post this on Instagram from within the Science Museum, which has long championed technology and innovation and inspired the next generation of inventors.”

She then signed her name, adding the letter R, which is the word for queen in Latin.