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Queen Elizabeth II sends first tweet, makes history

The U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II sent her first personal tweet Friday, signing her inaugural social message "Elizabeth R."The monarch posted the words to mark the opening of a new exhibition at London's Science Museum. It was followed minutes later by a picture of the event and the hashtag #theQueenTweets."It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the @sciencemuseum and I hope

The U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II sent her first personal tweet Friday, signing her inaugural social message "Elizabeth R."

The monarch posted the words to mark the opening of a new exhibition at London's Science Museum. It was followed minutes later by a picture of the event and the hashtag #theQueenTweets.

"It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the @sciencemuseum and I hope people will enjoy visiting. Elizabeth R." the message said, the R standing for "Regina," the Latin for queen. "The last tweet was sent personally by The Queen from her official Twitter account @BritishMonarchy #TheQueenTweets," the next message said, followed by a photo.

It+is+a+pleasure+to+open+the+Information+Age+exhibition+today+at+the+@ScienceMuseum+and+I+hope+people+will+enjoy+visiting.+Elizabeth+R.

-BritishMonarchy+(@BritishMonarchy)+October+24,+2014+

The+last+tweet+was+sent+personally+by+The+Queen+from+her+official+Twitter+account+@BritishMonarchy+#TheQueenTweets

-BritishMonarchy+(@BritishMonarchy)+October+24,+2014+

#TheQueenTweets+pic.twitter.com/jz69LOlGcD

-BritishMonarchy+(@BritishMonarchy)+October+24,+2014+

Her grandson Prince Harry sent his first official tweet in May, but admitted during the summer that he no longer has a personal account.

The Duke of York is the most prolific on Twitter.

Fun fact: The Queen was the first British monarch to send an email, via an early from of the technology known as ARPANET while on a visit to a military base in 1976, the @BritishMonarchy account tweeted earlier Friday.