Duchess of Cornwall dons Burberry coat as she serves lunch to to volunteers in a plastic visor

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The Duchess of Cornwall today donned a face shield for the second time in public as she headed to Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire to serve lunch to meet volunteers who have overcome recent challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Camilla, 73, sported a classic Burberry trench coat and floral face mask before heading inside where she donned the visor and a black apron to serve lunch.

The royal who is President of the  Royal Voluntary Service looked delighted as she met volunteers and chatted to well-wishers at the  Mill End Community Centre. 

Ensuring she stayed as safe as possible, the royal donned both a face mask and a plastic visor as served up lunch. 

The RVS make  cooked lunches on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for locals in the area.

Showing off her easy style, Camilla donned brown leather shoes and a complementing clutch bag as she headed to the venue.

Keeping jewellery to a minimum, the wife of Prince Charles accessorised with simple bangles.

To ensure a practical look while serving guests,  Camilla kept her hair well-coiffed and back while keeping make-up to a minimum. 

Her appearance in a visor comes a month after she first donned the plastic face covering, making her the first royal to do so.

However some social media users noted Camilla appeared to wear the visor ‘too high’ on her head to provide adequate covering of her face.

UK-based pharmacist Navid Sole also warned a visor is not as effective as a face mask in stopping the spread of Covid-19, although it is better than wearing no face covering. 

Camilla seemed to have learned from the previous occasion and ensured the visor covered her entire face on today’s outing. 

The royal also kept the blue floral mask on under the visor to ensure maximum protection.

It comes after Camilla’s stepson Prince Edward stepped out in a plastic face shield for a visit to Surrey as research emerged suggesting they don’t work in stopping the spread of Covid-19 .  

The Earl of Wessex, 56, who lives with his wife Sophie, 55, and their children Lady Louise Windsor, 16, and James Viscount Severn, 12, at Bagshot Park, between Windsor and Guildford, visited Yvonne Arnaud Theatre yesterday. 

His engagement came as a study warned that plastic face shields allow nearly 100 per cent of tiny airborne droplets released by coronavirus-infected patients to escape through visors.

It’s been a busy week for the Duchess, who yesterday met well-wishers to visit a cancer charity Maggie’s Barts, donning a green itak print facemask.

The Duchess, who has been president of Maggie’s since 2008, looked in high spirits as she made her way into the medical facility, wearing a stylish emerald green pleated dress – to the knee – and accessorising with a matching black leather Chanel handbag. 

The mask features a green ikat print, with splashes of green and pink, and is made by seamstresses who have been supported through the Turquoise Mountain Textiles programme, which Prince Charles set up in 2016.

On her feet, looked to be a pair of smart black heels by one of the royal’s favourite brands, Sole Bliss. 

As the Duchess arrived, she was greeted by Dame Laura Lee DBE, Chief Executive of Maggie’s. Camilla first became President of Maggie’s in November 2008 after a visit to the cancer care facility in Edinburgh in July 2008.