Britain’s Prince Harry sent his first ever Twitter message today (15.05.14).
The flame-haired royal took to the social media website for the first time to voice his support of the upcoming Invictus Games, a charitable Paralympics-style games for wounded army members.
Harry’s tweet was posted to the charity’s account, @InvictusLondon.
He wrote: "Hope everyone will get behind #invictusgames. Great opportunity to support and thank the men and women who have given so much. Harry (sic)"
The 29-year-old royal appeared flummoxed while constructing his first tweet during a launch event at BT Tower in London earlier today.
He quipped: "That’s why I joined the army, I can’t type fast."
Harry joked that London Mayor Boris Johnson would be excited to see him tweet, as he is an avid Twitter user himself.
Invictus Games chairman Keith Mills admitted there were some royal hurdles to overcome before Harry could tweet.
He told the Guardian newspaper: "Members of the royal family don’t normally tweet, I don’t think they’ve ever tweeted. But they were comfortable and he was thrilled to do it, so we have made a bit of history this morning."
Prince Harry sends first tweet
