Queen Camilla and King Charles’s royal tour of Australia and Samoa is already making history. Not only did the queen bring out some heavy-hitting jewels for the trip, but she broke royal protocol and proved that she’s not a normal queen, she’s a cool queen. During an engagement yesterday at St Thomas’s Anglican Church in Sydney, Camilla took a selfie with a royal well-wisher, which may or may not be an official line item in the royal playbook, but knowing how rare royal selfies are—and how much Queen Elizabeth hated smartphones—it’s definitely not encouraged.
“While there is no royal rule regarding selfies, it is generally discouraged for members of the Royal Family to pose for selfies,” the Express notes.
At the event, Charles and Camilla signed the country’s first official Bible and the book of common prayer (Princess Diana signed it during a trip to the same church back in 1983) before heading out and shaking hands, which is when the selfie happened. Last month, Charles was also caught taking a selfie when he had an audience with New Zealand’s women’s rugby team, so it may just be that the new iteration of the monarchy is a little more relaxed about taking photos.
The trip Down Under marks Charles and Camilla’s first royal tour since the king was diagnosed with cancer. Initially, the two were set to visit Fiji and New Zealand in addition to Australia and Samoa, but the trip was shortened from its initial three-week length to be mindful of Charles’s continued cancer treatments.