Britain's Queen Elizabeth has set up her own special 'Royal Channel' on YouTube, Buckingham Palace announced today.
Her Christmas Day message will be posted on the popular video-sharing website for the first time as the 81-year-old Sovereign, Britain's oldest living monarch, historically embraces the advances in modern technology.
The new royal link www.youtube.com/theroyalchannelwent live just after midnight and features both archive and recent footage of the queen and other royals, with plans to add new clips regularly.
This year's Christmas message will appear at around 3pm on Christmas Day. The groundbreaking move coincides with the 50th anniversary of the monarch's first ever televised December 25th speech, which she delivered live to the nation in 1957.
YouTube, which allows anyone to upload and share video clips, was founded in 2005.