Critics of the monarchy say the institution is stuck in the past, but the Queen takes it one step further by eschewing the latest gadgets in favour of a Nokia “brick” phone. For reasons of national security, little is known about the mobile phones that the royal family use. However, the Queen’s son, Tom Parker Bowles, has revealed that his mother still uses an “old-fashioned” Nokia phone.
She misses out on updates sent to the family WhatsApp group because her mobile does not support the app. Parker Bowles, 49, said he could never get hold of the Queen because she was so busy. In an interview with Woman & Home magazine, he was asked if his family had a WhatsApp group.
He replied: “We do.