The Queen uses Instagram for first time on visit to Science Museum and signs off ‘Elizabeth R’

QUEEN Elizabeth has sent her first ever Instagram post - and signed it 'Elizabeth R'.

The monarch, 92, posted about great-great-grandparents Prince Albert and Queen Victoria on a visit to the Science Museum in London.

It comes five years after she sent the first Royal Tweet on the same stage.

She wrote: "Today, as I visit the Science Museum I was interested to discover a letter from the Royal Archives, written in 1843 to my great-great-grandfather Prince Albert.

"Charles Babbage, credited as the world’s first computer pioneer, designed the 'Difference Engine', of which Prince Albert had the opportunity to see a prototype in July 1843.

Today, I had the pleasure of learning about children’s computer coding initiatives and it seems fitting to me that I publish this Instagram post, at the Science Museum which has long championed technology, innovation and inspired the next generation of inventors.

Queen Elizabeth

"In the letter, Babbage told Queen Victoria and Prince Albert about his invention the “Analytical Engine” upon which the first computer programmes were created by Ada Lovelace, a daughter of Lord Byron.

"Today, I had the pleasure of learning about children’s computer coding initiatives and it seems fitting to me that I publish this Instagram post, at the Science Museum which has long championed technology, innovation and inspired the next generation of inventors."

She signed the post Elizabeth R to signify that she wrote it herself.

The Queen was visiting the Science Museum to promote its Top Secret exhibition - which covers the history of codebreaking and cybersecurity.

Among the exhibits is a working enigma machine loaned by government eavesdropping service GCHQ.

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