Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, has become the first member of the British royal family to open an official twitter account. andrew, fourth in line to the throne, chose @thedukeofyork as his handle on the micro-blogging site, BBC reported. His first tweet was ‘welcome to my twitter account - ay’.
If the tweets are signed ay, they would be written by Andrew himself. the prince served for 22 years in the Royal navy as a helicopter pilot. Two golf clubs and two official royal family accounts -- @BritishMonarchy and @Clarencehouse -- are among the organisations Andrew is already following on twitter.