Royal giggles and Google Doodle - Queen Elizabeth II visits Google's UK headquarters, view laughing baby video

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LONDON (AP) - She sent her first e-mail in 1976. She has her own Web site. And on Thursday, Queen Elizabeth II uploaded video to YouTube during a visit to Google's British headquarters. The company celebrated the queen's visit by creating a special version of its google.co.uk home page, which featured a silhouette of her head as the second "G" and a regal crown atop the "E" in their logo.

The queen, 82, herself has a presence on YouTube - she launched the Royal Channel in December. There are 54 videos on the channel, which range from the Queen's 1957 Christmas message to a day in the life of Prince Charles. On Thursday, she uploaded archive footage to the channel of a 1969 reception at Buckingham Palace for British Olympians. The monarch has reigned since 1952. According to the Buckingham Palace Web site, the queen sent her first e-mail from a computer on an army base, well before the widespread use of the Internet.

More than 40,000 people have visited Youtube's Royal Channel over the past 24 hours following the Queen's visit to Google's headquarters in London while the official video of "The Queen visits Google London" was viewed nearly 14,500 times. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were "reduced to giggles" (according to The independent) while viewing the world famous "laughing baby" video (which has been viewed more than 63.7 million times).

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