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

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。

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The Duke (R) and Duchess of York, later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, are seen with Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, in an archive photo of The Royal Collection in 1929. Buckingham Palace said on Sunday it has launched an account with online photo management site Flickr. The British Monarchy Website Flickr account streams both up-to-the-minute images of royal engagements and archive photographs from the royal collection.

The British Monarchy Website Flickr account streams both up-to-the-minute images of royal engagements and archive（档案文件） 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（治理） by Buckingham Palace. In 2007 a Royal YouTube channel was launched, along with a new royal website. A British monarchy（君主政体） Twitter account followed in 2009.