Sunday, 18 January 2015

Royals on social media

It's been a big week in royal social media. Without any warning at all, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sent the Twitter-sphere crazy by setting up Twitter and Instagram accounts with Prince Harry. Other things happened too but they were somewhat overlooked as hundreds of thousands flocked to the social media presence royal watchers everywhere have been waiting for. Here's the royal week in media.

Making a name for themselves

All Twitter users struggle with finding a name that sums them up but marks them out. And things were no easier for future king William of Cambridge, future queen Kate and future nineteenth in line to the throne, Harry. There are enough royal watching and royal spoofing accounts out there to ensure that @KensingtonPalace itself was tricky so they launched on social media on January 14th as @KensingtonRoyal. And instantly picked up thousands of followers - 127,000 and counting. The first photo of a royal on duty posted on the account featured Harry at a Coach Core event - at St James' Palace.




  A week of a thousand handshakes

It was time for New Year events in Belgium and the Netherlands.  King Philippe and Queen Mathilde held a reception for members of NATO at the Royal Palace in Brussels in the week and shared images on their official Twitter feed.



The Dutch Royal Family held New Year receptions for people from across the Netherlands with photos shared on the official Facebook page. The events took place at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.



The great outdoors

As the cod fishing season got under way in Norway, Crown Prince Haakon Magnus headed to Senja, an island in the north of the country, to learn all about the industry. And he featured in some striking images, with fish, on the official Facebook page.


Meanwhile, Prince Daniel of Sweden hit the slopes for All About Ski which offers school children a chance to learn about winter sports. And he starred in some Facebook snaps to mark the occasion.




And the winner is...


The Spanish Royals spent a lot of time presenting prizes this week and their official Twitter channel was filled with snaps of the awards ceremonies. Many of the images starred Queen Letizia.








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