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www.royal.gov.uk was first created in 1997 so the Monarchy could keep up with the up and coming cyber generation. It was the first glimpse many people had into the life of the Royal Family and it enabled the Queen's staff to provide an innovative guide to Her Majesty's roles and responsibilities.

Queen Elizabeth II has always got involved in the latest ways of communicating with the country. During the Battle of Britain in 1940, when she was 14, Princess Elizabeth (as she was at the time) provided her first radio broadcast to the children of the Commonwealth - many of whom had been evacuated from their homes. Her first TV broadcast came in 1957, ever since her Christmas address has always been broadcast this way.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were heavily involved in the re-design and development of the new royal website, and continue to take a keen interest in the world wide web. So much so, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, initial inventor of the internet, was personally invited to the relaunch at Buckingham Palace.

The website was and will continue to be an exceptional archive resource. With the re-development, many new archives have been added such as letters King George VI, (the Queen's father) wrote to Winston Churchill, (Prime Minister at the time) regarding the war and the first journal entry the Queen made about using Alexander Bell's invention, the telephone. It will also show unseen footage of the Queen and her family during more private moments.

The royal.gov.uk website boasts a visitor level of a quarter of a million people each week, this has been consistent since its creation in 1997.