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Buckingham Palace announced Saturday that Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh have both been inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine, the BBC reported. The Queen and Prince Philip received the shots on Saturday at Windsor Castle, putting them among the nearly 1.5 million U.K. residents who have gotten at least the first dose of the vaccine since its rollout, the BBC reported. The royal pair, who are both in their 90s, are also included in Britain's high-priority group of citizens age 80 and over who have been first to receive the vaccine. ADVERTISEMENT The BBC, citing a source close to the royals, reported that the Queen decided to allow the public to know about her vaccination in an attempt to end further speculation. During 2020, the Queen spent seven months without making public appearances outside the palace. The outlet reported that her oldest son, Prince Charles, and her grandson Prince William both tested positive for the coronavirus during that time. … [Read more...] about Queen, Prince Philip receive COVID-19 vaccine

British royal Prince Philip is "responding to treatment" for an undisclosed infection not related to COVID-19 while being hospitalized, NBC News reports . "He is comfortable and responding to treatment but is not expected to leave hospital for several days," Buckingham Palace said in a statement to the news outlet. The 99-year-old monarch was admitted to London's King Edward VII's Hospital as a "precautionary measure" based on advice from his doctor on Feb. 16. ADVERTISEMENT "He's a lot better," Prince Edward, Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son, told Sky News of his father's condition. He added, "He's looking forward to getting out, which is the most positive thing." Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, spent a four-night stint in the hospital in December 2019 while undergoing treatment of an unknown pre-existing condition, NBC News notes. Both Prince Philip and the queen received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccinations in early … [Read more...] about 99-year-old Prince Philip ‘responding’ to treatment in hospital

Meghan McCain said Tuesday that a few ill-advised tweets were not the only reason to disqualify Office of Management and Budget nominee Neera Tanden. McCain said that Tanden did not “belong” in President Joe Biden’s administration, noting that in addition to the tweets in question , Tanden had gotten physical with a reporter who asked former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the Iraq war. (RELATED: ‘Media Has Ignored It For A Year’: Meghan McCain Slams Media For Giving Cuomo A Pass While Blasting Cruz) WATCH: “Anybody that knows anything about politics, or has been around for any period of time knows it’s not just her tweets,” McCain began, adding, “Let me give you a few examples, Neera Tanden punched a reporter for asking Hillary Clinton a question about the Iraq war. The reporter says that she claimed he punched her, she said she just pushed him in the chest. No matter what, that’s — you’re assaulting a reporter.” McCain went on to say that … [Read more...] about ‘She Punched A Reporter’: Meghan McCain Says Tweets Aren’t The Only Evidence Against Neera Tanden

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of U.S.-based journalist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, according to a declassified report released by the Biden administration on Friday. The report, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), said the crown prince, the kingdom’s de facto leader, “approved an operation … to capture or kill” Khashoggi. “We base this assessment on the Crown Prince's control of decisionmaking in the Kingdom, the direct involvement of a key adviser and members of Muhammad bin Salman's protective detail in the operation, and the Crown Prince's support for using violent measures to silence dissidents abroad, including Khashoggi,” the report said. ADVERTISEMENT “Since 2017, the Crown Prince has had absolute control of the Kingdom's security and intelligence organizations, making it highly unlikely that Saudi officials would have carried out an operation of this … [Read more...] about US intel: Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi killing

Queen Elizabeth II is encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, with the 94-year-old British monarch describing the process as “quite harmless, very quick.” She praised the U.K.’s national vaccination campaign during a video call with health officials released on Friday, comparing the massive effort to the way people banded together during World War II. “Well, once you’ve had the vaccine you have a feeling of, you know, you’re protected, which is, I think, very important,” the queen said. “And as far as I can make out it was quite harmless, very quick. And I’ve had lots of letters from people who’ve been very surprised by how easy it was to get the vaccine.” ADVERTISEMENT The Queen has spoken to health officials leading the deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine across the four nations of the UK. pic.twitter.com/Cululfsh4y — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) February 25, 2021 The queen and her husband, Prince Philip , 99, received their first dose of the … [Read more...] about Queen Elizabeth encourages COVID vaccinations, says it’s ‘quite harmless’