<p>Queen Elizabeth II has kept up with technology throughout her reign, and on Thursday made her debut on a digital platform that has become ubiquitous during the coronavirus outbreak -- the video conference call.</p>.<p>The 94-year-old monarch logged in from Windsor Castle, where she has been staying during the COVID-19 outbreak, to speak with carers and discuss how they have been coping.</p>.<p>"Interesting listening to all your tales and stories," she said, according to an excerpt of the call released by Buckingham Palace.</p>.<p>"I'm very glad to have been able to join you today."</p>.<p>Her daughter Princess Anne, 69, also logged in for an engagement marking a nationwide week of events highlighting the work of people who care for relatives or friends with a disability, mental or physical illness.</p>.<p>Alexandra Atkins, 24, who looks after her mother, father and grandmother, said it was a "just unreal" to see the royals on the call.</p>.<p>"It hit me that I was sitting in my bedroom talking to the Princess Royal (Anne) and the queen," she said.</p>.<p>The queen's eldest son and heir, Prince Charles, revealed last week he has been "doing the Facetime" to stay in touch with family and friends during the coronavirus lockdown.</p>.<p>"But it isn't the same is it? You really want to give people a hug," he told Sky News television.</p>.<p>The queen has always shown an interest in new technology.</p>.<p>She sent her first email long before most people, from a computer at a British Army base in 1976.</p>.<p>In 2014, she sent her first tweet during a visit to London's Science Museum, expressing her pleasure at opening a new gallery and signing it "Elizabeth R".</p>.<p>The "R" stands for "regina", Latin for queen.</p>.<p>More recently, she held a lockdown weekly audience from Windsor with Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- but on an old-fashioned rotary telephone.</p>
<p>Queen Elizabeth II has kept up with technology throughout her reign, and on Thursday made her debut on a digital platform that has become ubiquitous during the coronavirus outbreak -- the video conference call.</p>.<p>The 94-year-old monarch logged in from Windsor Castle, where she has been staying during the COVID-19 outbreak, to speak with carers and discuss how they have been coping.</p>.<p>"Interesting listening to all your tales and stories," she said, according to an excerpt of the call released by Buckingham Palace.</p>.<p>"I'm very glad to have been able to join you today."</p>.<p>Her daughter Princess Anne, 69, also logged in for an engagement marking a nationwide week of events highlighting the work of people who care for relatives or friends with a disability, mental or physical illness.</p>.<p>Alexandra Atkins, 24, who looks after her mother, father and grandmother, said it was a "just unreal" to see the royals on the call.</p>.<p>"It hit me that I was sitting in my bedroom talking to the Princess Royal (Anne) and the queen," she said.</p>.<p>The queen's eldest son and heir, Prince Charles, revealed last week he has been "doing the Facetime" to stay in touch with family and friends during the coronavirus lockdown.</p>.<p>"But it isn't the same is it? You really want to give people a hug," he told Sky News television.</p>.<p>The queen has always shown an interest in new technology.</p>.<p>She sent her first email long before most people, from a computer at a British Army base in 1976.</p>.<p>In 2014, she sent her first tweet during a visit to London's Science Museum, expressing her pleasure at opening a new gallery and signing it "Elizabeth R".</p>.<p>The "R" stands for "regina", Latin for queen.</p>.<p>More recently, she held a lockdown weekly audience from Windsor with Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- but on an old-fashioned rotary telephone.</p>