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I pressed the red button for the Queen

I pressed the red button for the Queen

My Buckingham Palace adventure with the inventor of the World Wide Web

Sep 10, 2022
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“So you are my new digital minister?” said Queen Elizabeth with a put-me-at-ease smile, and a mischievous glint in her eye. “Yes, Ma’am”.

Queen Elizabeth II with Sir Tim Berners-Lee at Buckingham Palace

If Sir Tim Berners-Lee was as nervous as me, he didn’t show it. He and I had been summoned to the palace to play a starring role in the launch of the Roy…

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