Queen Elizabeth II has turned to the Apple iPod for her listening pleasure.
The seventy-nine year-old British Queen bought her 6 GB iPod Mini Silver for 169 pounds (currently $236.55 -- at the time of publication). Her pocket-sized digital music player holds up to 10,000 songs.
Apple has the Queen's second son Prince Andrew to thank for getting the Queen Mum into electronic devices like mobile phones and iPods.
In 2001, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, taught his mother how to use her phone.
A royal insider told The Sun on Friday:
The Queen loves music and was impressed by how small and handy the iPod is.
Obviously it is quite complicated to download songs, but I'm sure one of the courtiers will do it for her.
Prince Andrew will probably also help out because he's a real dab hand with gadgets.
So, what do you suppose the Queen listens to?
The newspaper suggested Abba's "Dancing Queen" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears might be on the royal iPod.
The next thing we know U2, Bono and their Special Edition Black & Red 20 GB iPod will be competing with a Royal version.
Queen Elizabeth II, may we recommend two of Britain's current best artists to download, if you have not already?
Undoubtedly, two are Joss Stone and Jamie Cullum.
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