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Instagram announced Instants, a real-time, moment-by-moment sharing feature that lets users capture and instantly share moments with Close Friends, offering a more intimate, ephemeral alternative to Stories; the feature launched on May 13, 2026.
Instagram is testing a new feature that allows users to share Stories with multiple audience lists, giving them more control over who can see their content. This feature would allow users to create separate groups and share relevant updates with different subsets of followers, providing more privacy options beyond the existing "Close Friends" feature. While still in the experimental phase, it remains uncertain if this feature will be released to a wider audience.
Queen Elizabeth II greeted her close friends, including Dame Judi Dench and Joanna Lumley, with a kiss on each cheek at a royal reception hosted by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, for The Queen's Reading Room's first festival at Hampton Court Palace. While guests traditionally offer a curtsey or bow, there are no obligatory rules on greeting the royal family. The Queen's Reading Room is a charity aiming to develop the appreciation of literature among adults and children in the UK and around the world. The festival included various acts of entertainment, such as a showing of Austentatious, the award-winning comedy seen in the West End and heard on Radio 4.