"It is a pleasure to accept the first YouTube Visionary Award in this spirit," the queen was quoted as saying in a statement. "YouTube encourages us to be active participants in a global conversation, making our voices heard, giving us the power to broadcast ourselves, increasing knowledge of each other, breaking down the barriers between us clip by clip."

In April, Rania, the wife of King Abdullah II, launched her own Internet channel on YouTube in a bid to encourage young people to help address the issue of stereotyping. "To date, the channel has generated nearly three million video views and received more than 43,000 messages from users around the world," the queen's office said.