英国王室网上秀照片（图）

    英国白金汉宫于上周日宣布，英国王室日前在图片共享网站Flickr开设了帐户。Buckingham Palace said on Sunday it has launched an account with online photo management site Flickr.

    英国王室的Flickr帐户中上传了最新的王室婚礼照片和王室珍藏的一些老照片。The British Monarchy Website Flickr account streams both up-to-the-minute images of royal engagements and archive photographs from the royal collection.

    王室Flickr帐户的开通正逢白金汉宫今年的夏季开放时间，王室在Flickr上发布了将于本月27日在白金汉宫举行的“女王之年”展览上展出的照片。The launch is timed to coincide with the summer opening of Buckingham Palace, as the site highlights photographs specially commissioned for the palace's exhibition "The Queen's Year," which opens on July 27.

    在王室的Flickr帐户中，网友们还可以看到女王美术馆、白金汉宫和温莎城堡所收藏的“皇家藏品”中的历史照片，以及借给英国各地的博物馆和美术馆的照片。The launch is timed to coincide with the summer opening of Buckingham Palace, as the site highlights photographs specially commissioned for the palace's exhibition "The Queen's Year," which opens on July 27.

    其中还包括维多利亚女王和阿尔伯特王子所收藏的拍摄于很久以前的经典照片。They include masterpieces of early British photography collected by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

    在Flickr上开帐户是英国王室利用社交媒介的又一新尝试。2007年，Youtube视频分享网站上开通了“英国王室频道”，并有一个专门的“皇家主页”。2009年，英国王室又开设了“推特”帐户。Flickr is the latest in a line of social media to be harnessed by Buckingham Palace. In 2007 a Royal YouTube channel was launched, along with a new royal website. A British monarchy Twitter account followed in 2009.

The Duke (R) and Duchess of York, later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, are seen with Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, in an archive photo of The Royal Collection in 1929. Buckingham Palace said on Sunday it has launched an account with online photo management site Flickr. The British Monarchy Website Flickr account streams both up-to-the-minute images of royal engagements and archive photographs from the royal collection.