Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96: Here's a Look Back at How She Embraced Technology

Queen Elizabeth II's death has been confirmed. Before she died, her family gathered at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland after doctors worried about her health.

On Thursday, Sept. 8, health experts placed the 96-year-old monarch under medical supervision.

"Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen's doctors are concerned for Her Majesty's health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision," said Buckingham Palace.

But, the beloved leader of the United Kingdom suddenly passed away.

Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96 Years Old

According to CNET's latest report, Queen Elizabeth died at the age of 96. The Royal Family announced her death via their official Twitter account.

The page announced that the King and the Queen consort will be at the Balmoral until the evening of Sept. 8. They will return to London on Sept. 9.

She's been the Queen of England for 70 years. Thus, making Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor the longest reigning monarch in the United Kingdom's history.

Throughout her years of service, she received the love and respect of many people across the globe. One of the things that they like about her is the Queen's passion for corgis.

Aside from this, she is also quite popular because she embraced the rise of technology, unlike other monarchs.

Queen Elizabeth II Embracing Technology

A 2019 story on Insider said that Queen Elizabeth was different from other monarchs. Oftentimes the British monarchy has often been linked to the traditional way of running a kingdom.

In 1953, her coronation was the very first one broadcast on television. Her televised coronation was viewed by more than 27 million U.K. residents.

In 1976, she was able to send her first email using a military machine connected to the first public packet-switched computer network called ARPANET. Thanks to the help of Peter Kirstein, a British scientist who played a major role in the development of the internet.

In 1997, the queen launched the first version of the royal family's website. After 10 years, she launched the family's YouTube channel, where you can find the rare video of the first televised Christmas Broadcast in 1957.

Her 1983 Christmas broadcast is also historic. She told us her grandfather George V took three months to make the round trip to Delhi, a journey (that time) she had completed in a matter of hours.

"Yet in spite of these advances, the age-old problems of human communication are still with us," she said. "We have the means of sending and receiving messages, we can travel to meetings in distant parts of the world, we can exchange experts; but we still have difficulty in finding the right messages to send, we can still ignore the messages we don't like to hear and we can still talk in riddles and listen without trying to comprehend," she continued.

Here's another powerful message from the queen during the 1983 broadcast.

"Perhaps even more serious is the risk that this mastery of technology may blind us to the more fundamental needs of people. Electronics cannot create comradeship; computers cannot generate compassion; satellites cannot transmit tolerance."

The Queen was also active on social media, especially on Twitter and Instagram.

She also recorded an annual Christmas message in 3D, which went viral on the internet. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said that the Queen loved the outcome of her 3D greeting video.

Her first tweet was posted back in 2014, while she published her first Instagram post in 2019.

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Written by: Griffin Davis