Prince Charles tests positive
PRINCE Charles, the 71-year-old heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the coronavirus but is in good health and self-isolating in Scotland.
Prince Charles, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, is displaying mild symptoms and has been working from his Birkhall residence. His wife, Camilla, 72, tested negative.
“The Prince of Wales has tested positive for the coronavirus,” Clarence House said. “He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health, and has been working from home throughout the last few days as usual.”
Queen Elizabeth, 93, who is at Windsor Castle is in good health, Buckingham Palace said.
A source said Prince Charles, who was tested on Monday, was advised his condition was unlikely to worsen.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wished him a speedy recovery and was due to hold his weekly audience with the queen via telephone. The US too wished the prince a swift recovery, a senior official said. The prince last saw the queen on March 12 following an investiture, before the earliest time he is likely to have been infectious.
“Her Majesty the Queen remains in good health,” Buckingham Palace said. “The Queen last saw the Prince of Wales briefly after the investiture on the morning of March 12, and is following all the appropriate advice with regard to her welfare.”
A source said the earliest Prince Charles would have been infectious was March 13.
Prince Charles and Camilla went to Highgrove House, his residence in west England, on March 13 and then travelled to Birkhall on the Balmoral estate in Scotland on Sunday.
Queen Elizabeth left London for Windsor Castle on March 19. She is with her 98-year-old husband Prince Philip. Buckingham Palace declined to comment on whether the queen or Prince Philip had been tested for Covid-19.
“It is not possible to ascertain from whom the prince caught the virus owing to the high number of engagements he carried out in his public role during recent weeks,” Clarence House said.
Prince Charles met Prince Albert of Monaco – who later tested positive – at a charity event in London on March 10.