How does the British Queen feel about the Internet?

It might seem like an unlikely match—an ancient institution getting up to grips with cutting edge technology—but the British royal family has been active online for more than a decade. Royal watchers describe the 82-year-old Queen as a silver surfer, who’s enthusiastic about the Internet and who keeps in touch with younger members of her family be e-mail.

The open display of tobacco in shops is to be banned in England and Wales, the government has announced. But plans for an outright ban on tobacco vending machines and branding on cigarette packets have been scrapped—at least for now. Ministers hope the display ban, which is also under consideration in Scotland, will reduce smoking. Northern Ireland is yet to decide a policy.