Prince Charles has told of his sadness at the lack of uptake of the coronavirus vaccine by ethnic communities, as he urged action “to combat this relentless pandemic”.
The Prince of Wales will this week address the “sobering milestone” of more than 100,000 deaths in the UK due to Covid-19 as the pandemic continues to rage.
The heir on Thursday is taking part in a day of action aimed at countering distrust and will back a campaign to encourage black and Asian people to ignore "nonsense" anti-vaccine propaganda and get inoculated.
The Queen's decision to go public with her Covid vaccination was recently described by insiders as a "poke in the eye" for anti-vaxxers.