Quebecer Karina Brundl was among those who received the Queen's email. (CBC)

A Quebec teenager is among two Canadians to receive the Queen's first email correspondence.

Karina Brundl, 13, is the author of one of 21 blog essays posted by young citizens of Commonwealth countries on the Buckingham Palace website.

This week, Brundl received an email on digital royal stationery from Queen Elizabeth II, thanking her for her essay.

"I was speechless!" said the teenager, who lives in Longueuil on Montreal's South Shore.

"I literally had nothing to say. I was trying to remember how to breathe. I was so shocked... and I was truly honoured that the Queen wrote her first email, and I was a recipient. It really is an honour," she told CBC.

The blogs were part of the Commonwealth's 60th anniversary celebrations.

Brundl's essay outlined her expectations of the future and environmental problems, she said.

In her email, the Queen sends her best wishes. (CBC)The Queen's three-paragraph response was succinct and cordial.

"I have read with interest your accounts of a typical day in your own country, which remind me of what we share across the Commonwealth, even as our daily lives may be very different," it read. "I am heartened by your messages to see that the special spirit of the Commonwealth is alive and well among so many talented and enthusiastic young people.

"I send you all my congratulations and good wishes for the future."

Brundl said she's been doused with attention since word got out about her royal email.

"It's really been an incredible day. I've been talking to reporters non-stop, and I'm actually going to be on TV!" she said.

Nanaimo resident Dacia Douhaibi, 24, also received the email thanking her for her blog essay.

The Queen is a recent convert to modern internet technology.

British sources have reported she now uses email to stay in touch with her grandchildren, although she doesn't type them out herself but dictates the content to aides.