Queen Elizabeth II Was Sending E-Mails Decades Before Most Of Us Got Online

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

Today in 1976, another history making moment for Queen Elizabeth II. En route to becoming the longest-reigning monarch in world history, she became the first royal to send an email. Plus: today in 1859, inventor William Redgrave received two patents in the UK for what he called a "pillow traveling cap." On This Day in Royal History: Queen Elizabeth Sent the First-Ever Royal Email in 1976! (People)William Redgrave’s Safety Travelling Cap (Weird Universe) Hear ye, hear ye! Back our show on Patreon today!

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