Prince Charles tests positive

Britain’s Prince Charles has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after he displayed “mild symptoms” and is now self-isolating, his office said on Wednesday.

The 71-year-old heir to the British throne is self-isolatingin Scotland with wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who has tested negative forthe deadly virus which has claimed 422 lives in the UK.

   

The Royals were tested on Monday after they had flown out toScotland in a jet on Sunday and the royal couple have remained there sincethen. “It is not possible to ascertain from whom the Prince caught the virusowing to the high number of engagements he carried out in his public roleduring recent weeks,” the statement said. Charles last met 93-year-old QueenElizabeth II “briefly” on March 12, who has been based at WindsorCastle with husband Prince Philip, 98, for nearly a week now. “Her Majestythe Queen remains in good health. The Queen last saw the Prince of Walesbriefly on the morning of March 12 and is following all the appropriate advicewith regard to her welfare,” Buckingham Palace said. It is not knownwhether the Queen has been tested for coronavirus.

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