The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh made the short trip from Buckingham Palace to Victoria when they visited the UK headquarters of Google in central London on 16 October 2008.
An image of Her Majesty was incorporated into Google’s UK homepage logo to mark the visit.
The specially-commissioned image, called a “Google doodle”, featured The Queen’s profile and a crown.
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The specially-commissioned Google doodle which featured on Google’s
UK homepage
on the day of
The Queen’s
visit
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The Royal couple were welcomed to London’s GooglePlex – as the offices are known – by Mr. Nikesh Arora, President of Google Europe, Middle East and Africa, and were introduced to members of staff, or ‘Googlers’.
Her Majesty and His Royal Highness were given a demonstration
of the Google Search facility and shown a series of mobile phone demonstrations using the latest Google technology.
Afterwards the Royal party viewed a presentation about online advertising and its contribution to UK business.
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The Queen met software engineers during
her tour of the offices
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The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh met sixteen schoolchildren who were winners of a competition to design new “doodles” for Google.
The Royal couple subsequently viewed a demonstration of Google Earth, which featured Google Earth’s role in helping to save the Amazon rainforest.
Her Majesty and His Royal Highness attended a reception in the company canteen for Google London staff. Contributors to the Google-owned YouTube video-sharing website were also invited, including “Geriatric1927”, a British pensioner who has become well known for his online video blogs.
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Her Majesty watches a clip
of a laughing baby on the video-sharing website, You Tube
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To mark the conclusion of the visit, The Queen was invited by the
co-founder of YouTube, Mr. Chad Hurley, to upload a video to the Royal Channel – the British Monarchy’s channel on YouTube.
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The Queen uploads a video on to the Royal Channel on You Tube
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The Queen has kept up-to-date with technological advances over
the course of her reign.
Her Majesty sent her first e-mail over thirty years ago during a visit
to an army base in 1976.
The official Royal website was launched in 1997 and in 2006
The Queen made her annual Christmas message available for download as a podcast.
The Royal Channel was launched in December 2007 and currently features over fifty videos showing footage of members of the Royal Family and Royal events.
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