Duchess Camilla Tests Positive for Coronavirus Days After Prince Charles, Is Self-Isolating
14.02.2022 - 17:05
/ usmagazine.com
Duchess Camilla has tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after her husband, Prince Charles, contracted the virus.
Clarence House confirmed the 74-year-old royal’s diagnosis on Monday, February 14, per NBC News. “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating. We continue to follow government guidelines,” the statement read.
Both Camilla and the Prince of Wales, 73, have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. On Thursday, February 10, a statement from the palace announced that Charles was taking extra precautions after testing positive for a second time. (He previously battled the illness in March 2020.)
“HRH is deeply disappointed not to be able to attend today’s events in Winchester and will look to reschedule his visit as soon as possible,” Clarence House noted last week, adding that the future king was “self-isolating.”
Charles was at Windsor Castle with his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, two days before it was confirmed that he had COVID-19. The 95-year-old monarch was “being monitored” following her son’s diagnosis but had not shown any symptoms, a source told Us Weekly.
Earlier this month, the queen marked a record 70 years on the throne during her Platinum Jubilee. As the royal family celebrated, Elizabeth announced in a statement that Camilla would be given the title of Queen Consort when Charles takes over as sovereign.
“When, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me,” the royal matriarch noted on February 5. “And it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service.”
At the time, the couple