Duchess of Cornwall visits north London vaccination centre

Camilla made a trip to Haringey

Author: Louise EastonPublished 7th Apr 2021

The Duchess of Cornwall made a visit to Haringey today (Wed) and helped prepare Pfizer vaccines during a visit to an inoculation centre.

Dr Russell Hearn invited her to join in the process during a visit to the Tottenham Vaccine Centre in north London, where she gently shook a phial of vaccine mixed with saline solution.

She was told each bottle could inoculate six people and replied "Oh there's going to be six! Goodness, it looks tiny. I always thought you got a whole one.''

When the duchess asked if a precious bottle of vaccine had been dropped she was told "only one in 50,000'' and replied "That is pretty good''.

During her time in the London borough the duchess also met members of the area's Muslim community during a separate visit to learn about their work supporting others during the pandemic.

She travelled to the London Islamic Cultural Society at Wightman Road Mosque ahead of the start of Ramadan next week when Muslims fast from dawn till sunset for four weeks.

The duchess was invited to the centre by the Mayor of Haringey, Adam Jogee. He told her "It's been amazing to see the hard work, the tenacity, the tears, the sweat that is going in to get everyone vaccinated.

"It's a real pleasure that you are here to find out more about how we are getting our people safe.''