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Adam Kay @amateuradam · Feb 6 Replying to @amateuradam ..remarkably good at guessing what a word might be, even if the words are fuzzy round the edges. Optical character recognition, it's called. So - without further ado - l've overlaid the best guess (99.3% accuracy per character) for the document in question. 6/6 give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make voiu

BBC Breaking News O @BBCBreaking · Feb 5 BBC NEWS The Queen announces she wants Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, to be BREAKING known as Queen when Prince Charles becomes King BBC NEWS bbc.co.uk Queen announces future 'Queen Camilla' in message Camilla should have the title when Charles becomes King, the Queen says in a message to mark her Platinum Jubilee. 3K 27 7.3K 12.5K A Tip Célia @_MrsWanted Replying to @BBCBreaking

Chris McFeely @chrismcfeely I place my monarch in defense mode and end my turn. MSN UK O @msnuk · Nov 17 Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say experts msn.com/en-gb/lifestyl. 2:14 AM - Nov 18, 2021 · Twitter Web App

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Queen Has Entered a New Phase refers to a catchphrase and series of memes that reference a November 2021 announcement by royal experts that Queen Elizabeth II "has entered a new phase" and would likely not appear in public until February 2022. The announcement inspired jokes, with many posts imagining Queen Elizabeth making a personal experiment that would drastically change her appearance.

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On November 17th, 2021, MSN UK^[1] posted an article titled "Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say experts." In the article, MSN UK quoted royal experts who said that the Queen's diary of public engagements had been mostly wiped for the remainder of 2021 and that she had "entered a new phase." The article said that doctors ordered the Queen "to take it easy" as she was recovering from a sprained back.

On the same day, MSN UK tweeted^[2] the article, with the tweet gaining over 400 retweets, 10,500 quote tweets and 4,800 likes in two days (shown below).

MSN UK ... msn @msnuk Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say experts msn.com Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say . Her Majesty is unlikely to be seen in public for the rest of the year, according to royal experts 3:10 AM - Nov 17, 2021 - OxfordBlue-Twitter

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The MSN UK tweet and article and similar articles published in other media inspired jokes about the reasons Queen Elizabeth was taking a long break from making public appearances. On November 17th, 2021, Twitter^[3] user @glitterstrands made the earliest found viral tweet about the news, with @glitterstrands guessing that Queen Elizabeth was a contestant on season seven of RuPaul's Drag Race. The tweet gained over 4,800 retweets and 61,200 likes in two days (shown below).

Lex ... @glitterstrands omg she's filming all stars Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say experts OK OK! 175 Q 353 11:44 AM - Nov 17, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone

On November 17th and 18th, multiple viral posts referencing the news and guessing the reason for Queen's absence were posted on Twitter. For example, on November 17th, 2021, Twitter^[4] user @staidindoors posted a joke about Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis that gained over 6,600 retweets and 79,000 likes in two days (shown below, left). Later that day, Twitter^[5] user @jilltwiss joked that Queen had attempted to give herself bangs, with the tweet gaining over 1,400 retweets and 24,400 likes (shown below, right).

staid @staidindoors Un.LU.un OK! CELEBRITY NEWS TV VIP CLUB ROYAL LIFESTYLE BI LIFESTYLE Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say experts Her Majesty is unlikely to be seen in public for the rest of the year, according to royal experts in SHARE BY KIRSTEN JONES 6:25 PM - Nov 17, 2021 · Twitter for Android

Jill Twiss @jiltwiss oh no i think she tried to give herself bangs MSN UK @msnuk · Nov 17 Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say experts msn.com/en-gb/lifestyl. 6:34 PM · Nov 17, 2021 · Twitter Web App

February 2022 Update

Going into early February 2022, the discourse surrounding the Queen of England picked up again online due to her "new phase" coming closer to its debut. On February 5th, 2022, the Queen's new phase was officially announced, reported on by news outlets like BBC.^[6] According to BBC, the Queen announced that she wanted Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, to be known as Queen once Prince Charles became King after her death. A tweet^[7] from BBC (shown below) on the topic received roughly 12,300 likes over the course of two days.

BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking BBC ... NEWS BREAKING The Queen announces she wants Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, to be known as Queen when Prince Charles becomes King BBC NEWS bbc.co.uk Queen announces future 'Queen Camilla' in message Camilla should have the title when Charles becomes King, the Queen says in a message to mark her Platinum Jubilee.

On February 6th, the official Twitter^[8] account of the Royal Family posted a tweet in celebration of the Queen's 70th anniversary of her reign, calling it the start of her "Platinum Jubilee year." The tweet (shown below) received roughly 59,500 likes in less than 24 hours.

The Royal Family @RoyalFamily This photograph has been released to mark Accession Day 2022: the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty's reign and the start of her #PlatinumJubilee year. #HM70

A lot of people online reacted to the update with nostalgia for Princess Diana who many hoped to be Queen before she tragically died. For instance, Twitter^[9] user _MrsWanted replied to BBC's tweet with a picture of Diana looking upset, earning roughly 3,000 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below, left). Other Twitter users took the opportunity to post bait-and-switch media piggy-backing off the growing discussion of the Queen online. For instance, Twitter^[10] user amateuradam posted a thread on the 6th with their tweet receiving roughly 110,800 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below, right). The subsequent thread devolved over six replies into an elaborate Rickroll.

Adam Kay @amateuradam A quick thread on in the importance of being careful what data you share - even if you're the Queen. Today, Her Maj tweeted this lovely picture, gor bless er, etc. You might think that the contents of the red box would be official business. And you'd be right. 1/6 The Royal Family @RoyalFamily This photograph has been released to mark Accession Day 2022: the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty's reign and the start of her #PlatinumJubilee year. #HM70

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foone @Foone YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN SOMETHING MSN UK @msnuk - Nov 17 Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say experts msn.com/en-gb/lifestyl.. 5:44 PM - Nov 17, 2021 · Twitter Web App

Mohanad Elshieky O @MohanadElshieky She's gonna show up holding hands with Pete Davidson MSN UK @msnuk · Nov 17 Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say experts msn.com/en-gb/lifestyl. 9:36 PM - Nov 18, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone ........

Jess ... @BadCripple you fools ugilip.com man MSN UK @msnuk · Nov 17 Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say experts msn.com/en-gb/lifestyl. 8:19 PM - Nov 17, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone

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External References

^[1] Internet Archive – Queen has 'entered a new phase' and we 'may not see her until February', say experts

^[2] Twitter – @msnuk

^[3] Twitter – @glitterstrands

^[4] Twitter – @staidindoors

^[5] Twitter – @jilltwiss

^[6] BBC – Queen backs Camilla to be Queen Consort on Jubilee

^[7] Twitter – @BBCBreaking

^[8] Twitter – @RoyalFamily

^[9] Twitter – @_MrsWanted

^[10] Twitter – @amateuradam

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O 12 II 222 8.7K A Tip Adam Kay @amateuradam Not looking great, l'd agree. And we're not in 24 where you can magically sharpen a CCTV image. BUT. When it's text you're looking at, computers do have a major card up their sleeves. Words are simply patterns of pixels, and having looked at multi-zillions of them, they're... 5/6

Adam Kay @amateuradam We can probably lose the colour at this point as we're just looking at text. And given we've lost the bit under the red box in any case, I'm just going to concentrate on the words down the left hand side. Here. 4/6

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On the same day, MSN UK tweeted^[2] the article, with the tweet gaining over 400 retweets, 10,500 quote tweets and 4,800 likes in two days (shown below).