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Guess who the little Google Maps man turns into when you search for Windsor Castle

Guess who the little Google Maps man turns into when you search for Windsor Castle

7 months ago

Guess who the little Google Maps man turns into when you search for Windsor Castle

7 months ago


Stamps, coins, pub signs and bank notes. The Queen is already fairly ubiquitous in traditional British society but she’s making waves digitally it appears – as she now features on Google Maps.

In a nod to the Monarch, the tiny man that you can move around when switching from the birdseye-view to street-view turns into the Queen if you search for one of her royal residences.

Windsor Castle

Sandringham Estate

Google maps screengrab
(Google)

Buckingham Palace

Google maps screengrab
(Google)

Balmoral Castle

Google maps screengrab
(Google)

Poor old Prince Charles must be feeling left out. His official residence of Clarence House in London is stuck with the standard little man.

Prince Charles
Poor Charles (Yui Mok/PA)


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