Royal Family News: Queen Elizabeth Forced Into A Corner Over COVID Vaccine

British royal family news shows that while it doesn’t happen very often, Queen Elizabeth is not above giving in to public demand, pressure and cajoling. Case in point: the COVID inoculation. Last week she and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh made an epic concession by acknowledging they received a coronavirus vaccine.

Buckingham Palace issued a statement to confirm the 94-year monarch and her husband, 99, had been given the shot last week. It is thought that the Queen decided go public to prevent inaccuracies and avoid speculation.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said, “The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have today received Covid-19 vaccinations,” and a source confirmed the injections took place with a household doctor at Windsor Castle.

Royal Family News – The Queen Makes an Admission

Daily Express royal reporter Richard Palmer thinks that the unprecedented admission regarding the queen’s medical records was made, “been under pressure.” Not only did she want to avoid rampant speculation but she wanted to encourage more Britons to do the same.

He tweeted, “The Queen and Philip have been under pressure to go public because the Government is desperate to boost confidence in the jabs amid polls suggesting at least one in five will refuse inoculations. Royal sources had insisted it was a private medical matter for the couple.”

Royal Family News – The Queen Relents On An Important Matter

The manufacturer of the vaccine the Queen and Duke were given was not identified. Health Secretary Matt Hancock shared his happiness at the royal couple getting the shot, and then announced that Britain has given around two million vaccinations.

He added, “I’m delighted that Her Majesty the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh have received their Covid vaccine. We are defeating this virus jab by jab.”

Royal Family News – COVID Shots Are Being Administered In The UK

In other royal news, it would appear that keeping to form, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry twice in a row usurped the spotlight from the celebration of Kate Middleton’s birthday to their own slanted agenda. Last year they dropped Megxit on her 38th birthday and this year they decided to overshadow her big day by dropping another PR stunt on her 39th birthday.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex did so by declaring they have ditched social media, even to publicize their own website Archewell. They cited “hate” as the reason online platforms are not a good place for them to be.
Are they already planning how to totally overshadow Kate’s milestone 40th birthday?

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