Queen Elizabeth to podcast annual Christmas message
By Cyrus Farivar 
posted Dec 22nd 2006 2:29PM
posted Dec 22nd 2006 2:29PM
Alright peoples, it's official: podcasting isn't just for us geeks anymore. While some American and German politicians have recently taken up podcasting as the newest way to reach out to younger voters, it appears that the Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is now jumping on the podwagon as well. In addition to more traditional terrestrial broadcasting, Her [Via Futurismic]
Hey i tiped you on this Cyrus you cheeky bastard!
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Her Royal Highness is actually incorrect when referring to the Queen, as "Highness" is usually associated with princes and princesses. The British Queen should be titled "H.M." for "Her Majesty". :p
So you mean, along with a radio and tv broadcast, there will be an MP3 version online that people can download? Wow! Newsworthy! Wewt! Wait, it has the word 'pod' in it. I see now.
This is bizarre. I remember reading a little cartoon in Private Eye (British satirical politics magazine) that had someone listening to the Queen's podcast about a fortnight ago. Isn't there some quote about life imitating satire?
Still, it's not entirely surprising and I can't imagine it's the Queen doing much of the work anymore than she handles the camera angles or broadcasting of her speech. The image of the Queen hunched up over a keyboard with headphones on and a copy of Audacity running is an amusing one though.
Does anyone else agree that Rupert Murdoch should be sent to Camp X-Ray as punishment for his tabloids tarnishing the image of the Royal Family over the past two decades?
Granted, Bond already dispatched Rupert's cinematic representation in *Tomorrow Never Dies*.
I hope there's a FLAC download befitting of non-lameness.
http://flac.sourceforge.net
actually if you do your homework; there never was a Queen Elizabeth the 1st in Scotland, so therefore she can't be Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, but no one really pays attention to that point, not even in the U.K.
Well you might as well post it on a US Blog, as not many of us here in the UK will bother listening. Our royal family seem to have more of a following over there then in the UK anyway.
I can't believe no one has made this joke yet, but oh well...
"This year, my husband and iPod"