The Duke and Duchess of York, later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, are seen in 1929 with Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II.
You still can't friend the Queen on Facebook, but the British Royal Family continues to colonize the Internet, now with an account on the Flickr photo-sharing site. The monarchy's new photostream, which includes current and historic snaps from the family album, adds to its YouTube and Twitter accounts.
The numbers
The Flickr site has launched with 682 images, ranging from scratchy daguerreotypes made in 1848 to sharp digital images shot last Friday. New pictures will be uploaded regularly.
The breakdown
The photos have been sorted into sets according to special events or individual members of the Royal Family, including Princes Harry and William. An archive section contains dozens more images from the Royal Collection.
The pictures
An 1848 image of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind, among the oldest in the set, hints at the fondness Queen Victoria and Prince Albert held for the soprano. The royal couple once bailed on a Buckingham Palace dinner with the prime minister to catch one of her shows.
A more recent frame, taken July 5, shows the Queen inspecting a BlackBerry at Research In Motion in Waterloo, Ont. Scattered between them are dozens of images of the royals at work and play, including childhood portraits of the Queen and others.
Canadian content
Aside from 35 photos from the Queen's recent visit, a handful of images relate to royal visits to Canada. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) is shown with King George VI in Ottawa in 1939. Charles and Diana, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and their young sons waved goodbye to Toronto from the deck of the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1991. Ten years later, Prince Charles sported a native blanket given him in Saskatchewan.
Elizabeth 2.0
The Flickr account is but the latest Royal foray online. Last year, the Queen launched a new version of the monarchy's website and a Twitter account soon followed. In 2007, she launched the first Royal channel on YouTube, hot on the heels of the first podcast of her Christmas speech in 2006.
Compiled by Anthony Reinhart from AP and the official website of the British Monarchy
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to the Queen Elizabeth as Queen Elizabeth I.