THE FOLLOWING ANNOUCEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN
A new version of the British Monarchy web site will be launched by The Queen during the reception for the broadcasting industry at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, 28th November, 2001. The Queen will view key areas of the site, including a Golden Jubilee review of Her Majesty''s reign.
The new site retains its wealth of information about the British Monarchy and its history, members of the Royal Family, Royal ceremonies and residences. Interesting additional features include a Golden Jubilee section with a review of each year of The Queen''s reign; a special children''s section with a colouring game; a recruitment section with current vacancies in the Royal Household; forms for applying for a telemessage from The Queen; information on the Royal Collection, its galleries and exhibitions; and the latest Royal financial reports for downloading.
The new Royal web site takes advantage of changes in Internet technology. The site has a clean, crisp graphical interface, and uses Web technologies including Flash and DHTML. A browser-based Content Management System will allow the site to be updated on an hour-by-hour basis with Royal news as required.
Notes to Editors
1. The site URL remains http://www.royal.gov.uk. The British Monarchy web site was originally launched by The Queen in March 1997. The site is visited by people from all over the world, with nearly 2 million pages viewed every month. Other Royal web sites include those of The Prince of Wales and Prince Michael of Kent.
2. The site has been developed by digital consultancy CCG.XM in association with the Buckingham Palace web team.
