The Queen could be called on to help boost the public's trust in a coronavirus vaccine, a Government adviser has suggested?

Vaccine misinformation expert Professor Heidi Larson said the Queen, 94, should get the anti-Covid jab in order to inspire public trust in the vaccine.

In an interview with The Times, Prof Larson, who leads the Vaccine Confidence Project, said the palace would have to weigh the risks of using a new vaccine on the Queen.

Prof Larson said the 'big question' would be whether the Queen, who is aged 94, would get a vaccine.

'Do you want to risk a new vaccine on the Queen?': The Queen is pictured wearing a blush pink coat and no mask on Thursday at her first public engagement outside of a royal residence since before the pandemic.

Prof Larson said while she would not want to put the Queen 'in a spot', the monarch was an 'important voice'.

Dr Sander van der Linden, who is director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab and one of the authors on the study, said: 'We find a clear link between believing coronavirus conspiracies and hesitancy around any future vaccine.

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