A video of the Queen taking part in her first public Zoom call is unsurprisingly going viral

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Coronavirus has changed life as we know it, with the pandemic confining us to our homes and imposing socially distancing rules on how we work and socialise.

Even the royal family is having to follow suit, with Princess Beatrice postponing her wedding and baby Archie celebrating his birthday from Los Angeles.

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Did you watch Her Majesty’s Official Birthday ceremony at Windsor Castle this morning? Typically, the Sovereign’s Official Birthday is marked with a Parade called Trooping of the Colour. This year, for the first time since 1955, Trooping of the Colour didn’t take place in its traditional form. Instead, the @welshguards performed a pared back ceremony for The Queen, with music from the Band of the @householddivision. Her Majesty, the Battalion’s Colonel-in-Chief, took the Royal Salute at the ceremony and watched a series of military drills – swipe to see a timelapse of this morning’s impressive display. Copyright: Press Association / @ministryofdefence

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It is the Queen however who has made the most news, with the monarch, currently isolating in her Windsor Castle home, forced to hold meetings and ceremonies virtually.

In fact, she did a royal first this weekend, holding a socially distanced Trooping of the Colour ceremony and streaming it online.

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The Queen and The Princess Royal spoke to a group of carers who are supported by The @Carers.Trust to find out more about the challenges they face. The Princess Royal has been President of The Carers Trust since it was launched in 2011. The Trust provides support to carers across the UK through their network of partners, as well as giving carers a voice and highlighting their work to the general public. To find out more about Carers Week, follow our link in bio.

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It was the Queen’s first public Zoom call however that made the most news, with the monarch posting a video of her call to mark Carers Week.

‘To mark Carers Week 2020, the Queen and The Princess Royal spoke to a group of carers who are supported by The @Carers.Trust to find out more about the challenges they face,’ read a caption accompanying the video. ‘The Princess Royal has been President of The Carers Trust since it was launched in 2011.

‘The Trust provides support to carers across the UK through their network of partners, as well as giving carers a voice and highlighting their work to the general public.’

So the Queen is officially a Zoom user.

Royals – they’re just like us!

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