Despite her substantial fear of needles, the Duchess visited the clinic to back the medical workers during the pandemic. Last month, Camilla publicly announced that she has a long and substantial fear of needles which she had to overcome to get herself vaccinated in January.
The doctor in charge at the clinic, Dr Russell Hearn invited her to join in the process during a visit to the Tottenham Vaccine Centre in north London.
When told that each bottle of vaccine could inoculate six people, the Duchess responded, “Oh there’s going to be six! Goodness, it looks tiny. I always thought you got a whole one.”
Rebecca English, a Daily Mail UK journalist, posted a series of tweets documenting Camilla’s visit and commented on her bravery.
The Duchess of Cornwall managed to overcome her phobia of needles today to help mix a Covid vaccine ready for administration.
Camilla was visiting the Tottenham Vaccine Centre at Lordship Lane Primary Care Centre in north west London when she was asked to lend a hand. pic.twitter.com/xuU4glzkyX— Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) April 7, 2021
The Duchess was invited by the vaccine centre’s clinical lead, Dr Russell Hearn, to get involved. He is in charge of a team of practitioners and volunteers vaccinating around 500-600 people a day, moving up to 1,200 people a day at weekends. Camilla praised them as ‘stars’ 💉 pic.twitter.com/hZ0V9B5GGo
— Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) April 7, 2021
Camilla and her husband Prince Charles received their COVID-19 vaccine in February of this year, months after Charles overcame the virus in 2020.