The engagement was announced on Twitter and Facebook.
So perhaps it was fitting that Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding guests should receive a save-the-date letter from the Queen by fax.
Although more traditional gold-embossed, handwritten invitations will be sent to 1,800 guests by the Lord Chamberlain’s Office next month, protocol dictates that sovereigns are given earlier warning than foreign heads of state and non-VIP guests.
Full story: Invited to the Royal wedding… by fax: Keep April 29 free, Palace warns Europe’s royals