The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have received their Covid-19 vaccinations, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said on Saturday.
The vaccinations were administered by a primary care physician at Windsor Castle, a royal source said.
To avoid inaccuracies and further speculation, Her Majesty, who is 94 years old, decided she would let it be known that she had the vaccination, the source added. Her husband is 99 years old.
The couple’s son, Prince Charles, tested positive for the coronavirus and went into isolation in March. The 72-year-old later said he had been lucky enough to experience only mild symptoms, adding that he “ got away with it very slightly. ”
Meanwhile, their grandson Prince William, second in line to the British throne, also tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this year, British media reported, although it is unclear when he contracted the virus.
UK sees record number of deaths: The United Kingdom reported 1,325 deaths and 68,053 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, the highest daily increases since the start of the pandemic, according to data released by the UK health department.
There has been an increase of more than 15,000 cases since Thursday.
The numbers show a rise in the number of cases as the new coronavirus variant, first discovered in the UK, engulfs the nation.
According to figures from Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 2.9 million cases of Covid-19 and almost 80,000 deaths in the UK.