At the risk of creating promoting a stereotype, I have to say this. A monarch is not someone we associate with being an advocate and user of social media. Queen Rania of Jordan, the wife of King Abdullah, loves smashing that stereotype, among others. (It runs in the family. Her husband has appeared on Star Trek).

Her web site begins with the line “A journey of a thousand miles can begin with a single click” and contains phrases like “join the conversation” so you you know where she stands on new media.

It therefore comes as no surprise that Queen Rania has her YouTube channel, where she tackles issues such as … breaking stereotypes. In this video, she not only speaks out about stereotypes (I like the way she takes on the stupid Michele Malkin comment about the scarf, in passing) but urges people to “get clicking, pointing, editing and mixing” to join her in this mission.

Just for the record, Queen Elizabeth does have a YouTube channnel, but doesn’t use it the same way.