According to foreign media reports on October 30, Norwegian King Harald V (Harald) spoke at the annual dinner held at the Oslo Royal Palace on Thursday (October 28), revealing that he did not change his landline until the age of 83 and had the first mobile phone in his life, which won the laughter of the audience.
Harald V reportedly said: "During this period of experience, many people may need a few good wishes. If there's anything we've really learned since last March, it's the importance of modern technology being interconnected. So, last year, when I was 83 years old, I had a mobile phone and my family was very happy. Later, he added: "I only spent 40 years. ”
Unlike her own wife, Queen Sonya kept up with emerging technological trends and was even found to be carrying an Apple Watch. Of course, Harald V is not the only monarch to have started using new technologies because of covid-19. In June 2020, Queen Elizabeth joined her daughter Princess Anne in her first public video call to pay tribute to unpaid caregivers.
According to people who participated in the video conference, the queen was very comfortable in the face of the camera for the first time through a video meeting, and maybe a few more times, she is a video expert. Now, the 95-year-old Queen is so familiar with the video of the operation that she even sits at Buckingham Palace for a virtual meeting with Windsor Castle, 20 miles away.
Of course, it's not about how well these old people use emerging technologies. Earlier this month, when the Queen was on a video with others, she forgot about the jet lag and made a little joke. However, in any case, these are the elderly who have recently arrived, their daily work is also very busy, and the spirit of keeping pace with the times is also very worth learning from young people.