Mods, I know this may be the wrong forum for this but can we please leave it? Maybe it'll make him think!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...en_youtube

LONDON - Britain's 81-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, considered an icon of traditionalism, launched her own special Royal Channel on YouTube Sunday.
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The queen will use the popular video-sharing Web site to send out her 50th annual televised Christmas message, which she first delivered live to the nation and its colonies on Dec. 25, 1957.

Buckingham Palace also began posting archive and recent footage of the queen and other royals on the channel Sunday, with plans to add new clips regularly.

YouTube, which allows anyone to upload and share video clips, was founded in 2005 and bought by Google last year.

"The queen always keeps abreast with new ways of communicating with people," Buckingham Palace said in a statement. "The Christmas message was podcast last year."

The palace said, "She has always been aware of reaching more people and adapting the communication to suit. This will make the Christmas message more accessible to younger people and those in other countries."

The royal page — which bears the scarlet lettered heading "The Royal Channel - The Official Channel of the British Monarchy" — is illustrated with a photograph of Buckingham Palace flanked by the queen's Guards in their tall bearskin hats and red tunics.

Its modern video clips show shots of garden parties, state visits, the queen, the many British prime ministers who have served during her reign and a day in the life of her son, Prince Charles.

The footage of the queen's 1957 Christmas TV broadcast will remind viewers that TV once was as groundbreaking a creation as Internet is today.

"I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct. That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us," the queen said of television at the time.

The Royal Channel also shows excerpts from Lord Wakehurst's film "Long to Reign Over Us," which has never been publicly released. Wakehurst, a member of Parliament who died in 1970, was an avid amateur film maker, charting events such as Queen Elizabeth II's accession and coronation.

The color images convey the historical events from the public's perspective, showing crowds holding street parties and camping out on The Mall — the wide boulevard outside Buckingham Palace — to catch a glimpse of the queen on Coronation Day.

The Royal Channel also includes rarely seen silent news footage of the 1923 wedding of the queen's parents, then known as the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

On Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth II's annual Christmas speech can once again be downloaded as a podcast from http://www.royal.gov.uk. It also is being made available on television in high definition for the first time.
[Edited 12/23/07 11:07am]

Like the Queen, Prince has sanctioned the use of YouTube to distribute his property. For example:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...00gN9P1Dn0

What do people think, Prince is gonna change his mind or something? That's NOT gonna happen, get use to it.

wlcm2thdwn said:

Pshhh...its his loss.

Hmmmm ..... she has 'chosen' to put this on YouTube

langebleu said:

but unlike the queen, it's limited.

wlcm2thdwn said:

Well, not too long ago, had someone told me Prince would play Vegas and would be doing birthday party gigs, I'd have said the EXACT same thing!
[Edited 12/23/07 13:17pm]

I'm sorry, what is it about? I don't read large threads.

if PR is what Prince desired, it would help; but seeing his tension w/ media outlets such as YouTube etc., it seems he's much happier running his own thing over at 3121.

LaLaLaHeeHeeHee said:

Yeah, but I think 3121 stinks, at least the other sites were better hosts for his vids

wlcm2thdwn said:

i dig Prince's site; i enjoy the fact that each week he puts something new on his jam of the week. perhaps its not enough for some, including myself, but i'm sure in time he will have a video jam of the week as well.

LaLaLaHeeHeeHee said:

Optimists are so cute!!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

got 2 have my plus sign each day

sosgemini said:

It's limited to what either of them decide to make available.

langebleu said:

Actually, Langbleu..and Happy Holiday to you and yours by the way...the link you provided is Universal not Prince, yes I'm sure with his permission...at least I hope anyway.

My point is that Prince himself or his web designer at least could really make an impact and accomplish a great deal with a Prince Channel on youtube as opposed to being a youtube antagonist. There's something about flies, honey and vinegar that should go here but hey...I'm done with my Xmas shopping, all presents are wrapped and delivered and I've got way more Grey Goose than I need! Oh well, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Hanukkah or whatever floats your boat!

langebleu said:

aight, prince has how many songs authorized on youtube? 1?

SexyBeautifulOne said:

optimism... 3121 site has been down all day - ziltch!

Christaro said:

lottielooloo1968 said:

It seems to be up...no dreadful 404 error. Perhaps they're adding a video page of his live performances as I type!! Ok, I'm gonna go sober up a little!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Hey, it could be possible. Since the last time 3121 was down, that's when they put up the Jam of the Week page. Hmmm... got me wondering now....

HM has more power than P when it comes to controlling of property. Besides HM chose to use Youtube to inform,and/or share. P didn't, won't and not about 2.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

it must be hard to be Prince, you just cannot satisfy every one. as for the 3121, y'all must be missing it if you keep going there and seldomly stop.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

it must be hard to be Prince, you just cannot satisfy every one.

LaLaLaHeeHeeHee said:

You can take me out of that y'all. I only went to look because somebody said it was down. There's nothing for me to do there so unless somebody comes over here and gives me a reason to go look, I don't even bother.

Maybe 3121 is shut down for Christmas break!

wlcm2thdwn said:

because that's never happened before....