国外媒体:英国王室紧跟潮流 图片网上秀照片

British royal family photos go online at Flickr

Buckingham Palace said on Sunday it has launched an account with online photo management site Flickr.

The British Monarchy¹ Website Flickr account streams both up-to-the-minute images of royal engagements and archive photographs from the royal collection.

The launch is timed to coincide with the summer opening of Buckingham Palace, as the site highlights photographs specially² commissioned for the palace's exhibition "The Queen's Year," which opens on July 27.

The Flickr account also features historic photographs from current Royal Collection exhibitions at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle and on loan to museums and galleries around the UK.

They include masterpieces of early British photography collected by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Flickr is the latest in a line of social media to be harnessed by Buckingham Palace. In 2007 a Royal YouTube channel was launched, along with a new royal website. A British monarchy Twitter account followed in 2009.

英国白金汉宫于上周日宣布，英国王室日前在图片共享网站Flickr开设了帐户。

英国王室的Flickr帐户中上传了最新的王室婚礼照片和王室珍藏的一些老照片。

王室Flickr帐户的开通正逢白金汉宫今年的夏季开放时间，王室在Flickr上发布了将于本月27日在白金汉宫举行的“女王之年”展览上展出的照片。

在王室的Flickr帐户中，网友们还可以看到女王美术馆、白金汉宫和温莎城堡所收藏的“皇家藏品”中的历史照片，以及借给英国各地的博物馆和美术馆的照片。

其中还包括维多利亚女王和阿尔伯特王子所收藏的拍摄于很久以前的经典照片。

在Flickr上开帐户是英国王室利用社交媒介的又一新尝试。2007年，Youtube视频分享网站上开通了“英国王室频道”，并有一个专门的“皇家主页”。2009年，英国王室又开设了“推特”帐户。

1 monarchy   

n.君主，最高统治者；君主政体，君主国

参考例句：

• The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
• The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的，无甚实际意义。

2 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。