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The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, who this week celebrated his 99th birthday, have followed stay-at-home orders in the U.K. since March at Windsor Castle, one of their residences outside of London.

Queen Elizabeth's royal relatives, including her son, Prince Charles, and grandson, Prince William and his wife, Duchess Kate, have also used video calls to carry on their charitable work during the pandemic.

The queen's use of the technology shows once again that she is adept at keeping up with the times.

The queen made headlines last year when she personally published her first Instagram post while on a visit to London's Science Museum. She sent her first tweet during a visit to the Science Museum in 2014 and sent her first email decades earlier, in 1976, according to Buckingham Palace.

Today, The Queen has published her first @instagram post on The Royal Family's Instagram channel, to celebrate a visit to the @sciencemuseum
Take a look here https://t.co/fwQKuMiH4H pic.twitter.com/EozHCjqalx

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) March 7, 2019

Updates on Queen Elizabeth and the royal family are shared online via a Royal Family Twitter account with 4.2 million followers and an Instagram account with 8 million followers.

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