QUEEN Elizabeth has bought an iPad 2 after being wowed by her grandsons' touch-screen gadgets.

Princes William and Harry gave the Queen a crash-course in using Apple's tablet when they took theirs to Buckingham Palace.

"The Queen hadn't seen anything like the iPad before," a royal insider said.

"She was very impressed. She was particularly taken with how easy it was to use, the large screen and how light it was."

The iPad, which costs up £650 ($992) in Britain, would allow the 85-year-old monarch to browse the internet, watch movies, play games and download apps.

"She thinks it will be great to keep her entertained on all the long trips she has to make," the source said.

The Queen also owns at least two iPods, one of which was a gift from US President Barack Obama in 2009 that came loaded with images of her official tour of the US two years earlier.

Originally published as Queen Elizabeth buys an iPad