You may have
heard the news. Apparently Betty Windsor has just de-robed her index finger (her whole hand truth be told) and launched her first tweet.
It read as
thus:
I’ve seen a bit
of coverage espousing what a fabulous moment this was for the monarchy and for
tweeterdom. Quite right to a point. Twitter is undoubtedly a quick useful medium for promoting the
messages and mundane cuisine photography of businesses; funny buggers;
frustrated foodies; hateful tools; and drunk, bored, lonely people (*cough*).
As an old PR, let me assure you, coordinating a measley 22 word tweet for
Elizabeth R would have involved no less than 50 professional hours, 15
different drafts, 16 sets of edits, and 47 different people (all either at
conferences, in meetings, on leave or out of range) required to sign off on the
final wording.
Nice one,
Queeny – and more to the point, to the PR peeps at @ScienceMuseum let me take
this opportunity to throw, in your honour, a ticker tape parade featuring
twerking showgirls in silver leotards and a giant cupcake that shoots glitter.
But it got me
thinking, if other royal figures throughout the course of history had the chance to get all Twitty with it, what would they tweet?
Tudors
@HenryVIII
Just updated my
Facebook relationship status to: it’s complicated. Again.
William Wallace
@scotland4eva
Don’t keep
calm. Vote Scotland. #independence #freedom
Cleopatra VII Philopator
@therealcleo
Enough is
enough! I have had it with these motherf*****g snakes in the motherf*****g Nile!"
Queen Victoria
@thequeen
Amused? Epic
Fail.
King Joffrey
@kingofkingslanding
Anytime’s a
good time for pie mofos! #hellsyeahirule
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