Queen could be called on to boost public trust in coronavirus vaccines, a government adviser has claimed. Ministers have been told her majesty and other trusted figures could be used to fight against dangerous anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.Professor Heidi Larson said the 94-year-old monarch would be the best person to reassure the elderly to take the jab.
The American vaccine misinformation expert at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine told the Times: "If there's one thing I've seen, and I've been here [in the UK] for over a decade now, it's the trust that she gets.