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Can Someone Please Turn the Comments Off on the Prince Charles Speedo Pics?

Continuing their march into social networking at a stately pace, Britain’s royals are now sharing family photos on Flickr. Already posting official videos on YouTube and official tweets on Twitter, Buckingham Palace today launched a British Monarchy photostream on Flickr to show off the latest images of royal engagements as well as some historical pictures. Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to create a slideshow of just Queen Elizabeth’s hats.

Kara Visits London (to See the Queen Again)

Actually, although BoomTown is staying right around the corner from Buckingham Palace in Mayfair, I am in London on my way to the PICNIC conference in Amsterdam later this week, where I will be interviewing some digital leaders onstage. We’re still working on rolling out a version of our D: All Things Digital conference in Europe next fall, so it’s important to get a sense of what is going on here in the digital sector and, of course, what is not.