Prince Andrew has become the first royal to join Twitter.
Steve Parsons / PA Wire
His Royal Highness has taken to the social network as he launches the Duke of York Award for Technical Education.
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Using the name @TheDukeOfYork, the prince has sent eight tweets since yesterday (July 8) and has already amassed more than 21,500 followers.
Tweets that are signed off "AY" mean that they were sent by the Duke of York.
The very first tweet read:
Welcome to my Twitter account - AY
— The Duke of York (@TheDukeOfYork) July 8, 2013
A spokesman for Prince Andrew said: "He was in fact the first member of the British royal family to tweet on the British Monarchy (account) when he visited Tech City.
"The logical next step was to tweet individually."
