--- description: Queen Elizabeth graciously sent out a thank you note via Twitter for well wishers on her 90th birthday. title: Queen Elizabeth Personally Sent Out a Thank You Tweet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Queen Elizabeth Just Sent Out A Personal (and Very Polite) Thank You on Twitter  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 21, 2016 9:01 PM CUT  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 21, 2016 9:01 PM CUT The [Queen of England](http://time.com/2894222/queen-england-game-thrones-ireland/ "undefined") proved that she is both gracious and modern when she took to Twitter on Tuesday to personally send a Tweet of gratitude to all who wished her well on her [90th birthday](http://time.com/4364266/twitter-crown-emoji-queen-elizabeth-90-birthday/ "undefined"). > [](https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/745216471828148224) While this tweet was very on-brand for the Queen, if there was any doubt just who was at the helm of Twitter when this dignified statement hit the web, the Royal Family account assured us that it was most certainly Her Majesty. > [](https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/745216863932653568) And even provided photographic proof. > [](https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/745218720465821696) Long live the Queen! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4377294/queen-elizabeth-twitter-thank-you/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4377294/queen-elizabeth-twitter-thank-you/"},"headline":"Queen Elizabeth Just Sent Out A Personal (and Very Polite) Thank You on Twitter","datePublished":"2016-06-21T21:01:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:36.085Z","description":"A very hip 90-year-old royal","url":"https://time.com/4377294/queen-elizabeth-twitter-thank-you/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Royal Family","twitter","Queen Elizabeth II"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4377294/queen-elizabeth-twitter-thank-you/","name":"Queen Elizabeth Just Sent Out A Personal (and Very Polite) Thank You on Twitter"}}]}] ```