Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, received the coronavirus vaccine.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed the news in a statement on Saturday.
“The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh received the Covid-19 vaccines today,” says the announcement.
A royal source confirmed that the vaccines were administered “by a home doctor at Windsor Castle”, where the 94-year-old monarch and her husband, 99, live in the midst of the global health crisis.
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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, received a coronavirus vaccine on Saturday.
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The spokesman said the queen wanted to inform the public about vaccines “to avoid inaccuracies and further speculation”.
It is unclear which vaccine was administered to the royal couple, but the palace noted that “no other details will be released”.
The queen has been a symbol of hope for the British since the emergence of the pandemic in the UK and around the world in early 2020. In April last year, Prince Harry and Prince William’s grandmother delivered a rare televised speech to UK citizens to lift the spirits of people in the country.
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“I am talking to you at a time that I know is increasingly challenging,” she shared, “a time of disruption in the life of our country; a disruption that has brought sadness to some, financial difficulties for many and enormous changes in daily life All of us. “
Queen Elizabeth shared many addresses for UK citizens throughout 2020, where she shared messages of hope in the midst of the global health crisis and thanked frontline workers.
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The queen also paid tribute to Britain’s beloved National Health Service and others in essential services, along with some 750,000 people who volunteer to help the vulnerable.
“I want to thank everyone on the NHS front line, as well as the healthcare professionals and those who play essential roles who continue selflessly with their daily tasks outside the home, supporting us all,” she said. “I’m sure the nation will join me to ensure that what you do is appreciated and every hour of your hard work brings us closer to a return to more normal times.”
In her most recent New Year’s Eve speech, the queen declared that “better days will come” in a caption from a 2020 photo collage.
The Queen wanted to make her vaccine public “to avoid inaccuracies and further speculation,” said a spokesman for Buckingham Palace.
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Last April, the queen’s son, Prince Charles, confirmed that he had contracted COVID-19. The Prince of Wales and his wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, isolated themselves in Scotland, where they recovered. Months later, it was reported that Prince William also contracted the virus.
2020 was the first time in decades that the monarch and Philip spent Christmas at Windsor Castle instead of on their property in Sandringham because of the pandemic.