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Prince Andrew becomes first UK royal on Twitter

Within Hours Of Opening The Account On Monday, Andrew Had More Than 10,000 Followers, But Also Had Received Several Abusive Comments.

PTI | Updated on: 09 Jul 2013, 12:31:00 PM

London:

Twitter is now a bit more royal. Britain's Prince Andrew has joined the micro-blogging service as @TheDukeOfYork.

Within hours of opening the account on Monday, Andrew had more than 10,000 followers, but also had received several abusive comments.

The son of Queen Elizabeth II has served as a navy helicopter pilot and a British business ambassador, and is following charities, arts organizations and the Hunstanton Golf Club on Twitter.

So far he is was not following his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, who tweets as @SarahTheDuchess.

The British monarchy has two official Twitter accounts, but Andrew is the first family member to tweet in a personal capacity, signing messages he has written AY.

Asked about abusive tweets Andrew had received, a palace spokesman said the duke is a champion of free speech.

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First Published : 09 Jul 2013, 12:28:00 PM

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