Royal Family News: Prince William & Kate Middleton Get A Special Twitter & Instagram Account, Follow Them NOW! [VIDEO]
The Royals have officially joined social media, but don't get too excited yet, some of their pictures aren't very impressive.
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On Wedneday, the Royal Family joined Twitter under the name @KensingtonRoyal. The bio on the Twitter page reads: "Updates, pictures and videos from Kensington Palace, about The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and their Royal Foundation."
And in their very short time on Twitter, they have gotten nearly 80,000 followers and on Instagram almost 45,000.
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The first tweet on the page read: "Hello from Kensington Palace! Welcome to our new Twitter account."
That first tweet got 883 retweets, 1,646 favorites and several replies. Fans were loving the tweet and responded in some interesting ways.
"This is AWESOME," wrote Jess W.
"Welcome to the Twittersphere," said Janie Flores.
"Welcome to Twitter! *curtsys*" write Spinderella.
They've tweeted out a few pictures so far. The first photo they posted was a photo of a palace with a tweet that read: "Prince Harry and @carmeloanthony will meet London and Glasgow #Coachore graduates at St Jame's Palace."
Time reported that this isn't the first royal account on social media. According to the site, the account @BritishMonarchy has been around since 2009 and it sends out news and updates from Buckingham Palace on much of the royal family. The account @ClarenceHouse appeared in 2010 and sends out news on Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
