--- title: The Queen Photobombed A Selfie description: Queen Elizabeth II photobombed a field hockey player's selfie canonical: https://time.com/3028580/queen-elizabeth-photobomb-selfie/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-24T14:08:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:54.013Z og:title: The Queen Photobombed A Selfie og:description: Royals: They're just like us. og:url: https://time.com/3028580/queen-elizabeth-photobomb-selfie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Queen Photobombed A Selfie twitter:description: Royals: They're just like us. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is What It Looks Like When The Queen Photobombs Your Selfie by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 24, 2014 2:08 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 24, 2014 2:08 PM UTC An Australian field hockey player was minding her own business, talking a selfie at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, when her picture was photobombed by the Queen. As in, Elizabeth II, Queen of England. > [](https://twitter.com/%5FJaydeTaylor/status/492269017215012864) AND she was smiling. This wasn’t the Queen’s first time embracing millennial photobomb culture, either: > [](https://twitter.com/ThatHowardBloke/status/343058156043251712) Royals. They’re just like us. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3028580/queen-elizabeth-photobomb-selfie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3028580/queen-elizabeth-photobomb-selfie/"},"headline":"This Is What It Looks Like When The Queen Photobombs Your Selfie","datePublished":"2014-07-24T14:08:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:54.013Z","description":"One is amused","url":"https://time.com/3028580/queen-elizabeth-photobomb-selfie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","england","selfie","Queen"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3028580/queen-elizabeth-photobomb-selfie/","name":"This Is What It Looks Like When The Queen Photobombs Your Selfie"}}]}] ```