The Queen, Prince Philip vaccinated for COVID-19 

By Aaron Humes: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 94, and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 99, are confirmed to have been vaccinated today, Saturday, at Windsor Castle for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace has confirmed to the BBC. 

The couple, married for 73 years, are now among around 1.5 million people in the United Kingdom to have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine so far. People aged over 80 in the UK are among the high-priority groups who are being given the vaccine first. It is not known which vaccine the Queen and Prince Philip have received; the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines are already approved by UK regulators and a third, made by US company Moderna, was approved for use in the UK on Friday. 

The BBC said a royal source said the vaccinations were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, and the news put out to prevent further speculation. The pair had chosen to spend the lockdown and Christmas there rather than their usual gathering spot at Sandringham. 

Two members of the Queen’s family – first son Charles, Prince of Wales, 72; and grandson William, Duke of Cambridge, have contracted COVID-19, though the latter has not officially been confirmed. In December the Queen appeared alongside several other senior members of the royal family for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. 

The Queen used her Christmas Day message to reassure anyone struggling without friends and family this year that they “are not alone”. She said the pandemic had “brought us closer” despite causing hardship, adding that the Royal Family has been “inspired” by people volunteering in their communities. 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the aim is to vaccinate 15 million people in the UK by mid-February, including care home residents and staff, frontline NHS staff, everyone over 70, and those who have been categorized as clinically extremely vulnerable. 

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