Apple The queen bought an iPod

iPod news?
(I have some questions for the brits reading this, but I will do it in a second post.)

By John Kay
Chief Reporter (the sun)

THE Queen has joined the hi-tech revolution and splashed out on the world’s hottest gadget — an iPod.
The 79-year-old monarch despatched a flunkey to buy the mini digital music player which has become all the rage.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005270731,,00.html

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/6067/

 

So -

What does it take before a company or a product can be called 'royal'
have the rules changed over the decades? (centuries?)

Didn't it used to be that if the royalty used your stuff you could be called "The Royal Acme Company" or whatever?

Just curious - thanks.

 

only The Sun would care about something like this

 

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8255511/
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/73917/betty-joins-the-ipod-crowd.html
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000023047117/
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/cgi-bin/news/newsbrief.plx?id=2238050586&fa=1
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturevulture/archives/2005/06/17/dancing_queen.html
http://www.megastar.co.uk/meganews/news/2005/06/17/sMEG01MTExOTAwNTMyMDI.html

They all quote the sun, but certainly this proves that more than:

 

Urgh would've thought the Queen had more taste...