The newest celebrities on Twitter are pretty old guard.

The Royal Family now has an official Twitter feed after a few weeks of piloting the service. The account was created to keep fans and subjects abreast of Royal Family news and events, but a spokeswoman was quick to point out that Her Highness would not be liveblogging her lunch at Buckingham Palace:

“The intention,” she explained, “is that it is a news service rather than a personal voice.”

Indeed, as you can see from the ho-hum content of the sample below, the Queen’s twitter account is rather dry.

The Prince of Wales presents The Queen’s Gallantry Medal to Sgt. Billy Owen for service in Afghanistan.

Gallery: The Queen receives the incoming Poet Laureate, Professor Carol Ann Duffy, at Buckingham Palace, 9… http://www.royal.gov.uk/D9

Gallery: The Queen knights Sir Donald McKinnon at Buckingham Palace, 9 July 2009. Sir Donald served as… http://www.royal.gov.uk/D8

On 11 Jul 11:00: Changing the Guard at Windsor Castle http://www.royal.gov.uk/G

On 11 Jul 11:00: Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace http://www.royal.gov.uk/G

On 11 Jul: The Duke of York – Commodore-in-Chief, Fleet Air Arm, will visit Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton,… http://www.royal.gov.uk/c

New YouTube video: Prince William talks exclusively about charity Skill Force http://tinyurl.com/kr792x

Twitter isn’t the monarchy’s first foray into social media either- the Royal Family has had a YouTube channel since 2007.