The Royal Family entertained Fleet Street's finest at a Buckingham Palace reception staged for the media.
Notebooks, laptops and cameras were abandoned for the evening as the Queen welcomed 350 members of the media to her official London home.
Senior royals also mingled with the media guests, including the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Reporters and photographers who usually cover royal events experienced life on the other side as guests of the monarch ahead of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations next year.
The Queen chatted animatedly to editors and bloggers and also foreign media and regional press from across the UK.
Kate, who dazzled in an emerald green dress, relaxed with journalists, as did husband William - a search and rescue helicopter pilot, who was involved in a dramatic sea rescue over the weekend.
Among the guests were broadcaster Andrew Marr, This Morning host Phillip Schofield and TV presenter Fern Cotton.
In honour of the guests, the palace's East Gallery was renamed the Tweet Suite for the night - for those who wanted to post online messages.
The space also contain displays about the Queen's Golden and Silver Jubilees and Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee.
The last time the Queen staged a similar event was in 2002, the year of her Golden Jubilee.
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