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The Guardian - UK
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Google meets regals

Google homepage: The Queen
Google homepage: The Queen. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty

The Queen and Paddington Bear have both appeared on the Google UK homepage this week. Paddington appeared on Monday as the second "g'' in the company's name, celebrating his 50th birthday, while today a profile of the Queen appears there and a regal crown sits atop the "e". Associated Press reports that the Queen and Prince Philip will today visit the Google's UK headquarters, see a demonstration of the company's technology and meet schoolchildren who won a competition to design their own Google doodles - the company's term for alterations to its home page design. Today's visit marks the first time Her Maj has been to Google. In December Google-owned YouTube launched the Royal Channel, which has 54 videos of royal moments, ranging from the Queen's 1957 Christmas message to a day in the life of Prince Charles. Fancy a mash-up, ma'am?

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