Gawker: valleywag, queen elizabeth

"Has one made any money from this?"

Owen Thomas — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT

Queen visits YouTube! No, we're not talking about Ben Ling's new assignment at Google. Her Royal Highness visited Google's London offices, where she was met by YouTube founder Chad Hurley for this staged photo opportunity. Does she broadcast herself on the video site? Well, no, the Queen has people to do that for her, on her own Royal Channel. Can you suggest a better caption for the photo? Suggest it in the headlines. The best one will become the post's new headline. Yesterday's winner: "Does this turtelneck make me look thin?" by ThatKid. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AP)

Queen to visit Google's U.K. offices (and we don't mean Orkut, either)

Nicholas Carlson — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:20:00 EDT

The Queen of England and her less impressively born husband will visit Google's U.K. headquarters on October 16. Google said it invited her to celebrate the "Royal Channel" on YouTube. One hopes that by the time of the monarch's visit, Google will have drummed up more than 22,000 subscribers for the video series. At present, Her Majesty has a tenth as many fans on YouTube as Sxephil. We'd show you an example of the Queen on YouTube — like the time she spoke to TV cameras on Christmas Day in 1957 — but YouTube won't let commoners like us embed them.