The Queen on Flickr

Hundreds of rarely seen pictures of our Royal Family have been posted on to the photo website Flickr after Buckingham Palace opened an account with the popular site.

More than 600 photographs have been added to the British Monarchy's Photostream account and the images will be continuously updated as new engagements and events take place.

The development is the latest move by the Monarchy to stay up to date with technological innovations and follows the launch of the updated royal website and British Monarchy Twitter account last year and the Royal Channel on YouTube in 2007.