Prince Andrew Tests Positive for COVID-19 and Will No Longer Attend the Queen’s Service of Thanksgiving During Jubilee
02.06.2022 - 19:53
/ usmagazine.com
Prince Andrew has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving.
“After undertaking a routine test the duke has tested positive for Covid and with regret will no longer be attending tomorrow’s service,” a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said on Thursday, June 2. The Service of Thanksgiving honoring the queen’s reign will take place at St. Paul’s Cathedral on Friday, June 3.
Andrew is not the first royal to come down with COVID — the queen herself tested positive for the virus in February. A source exclusively told Us Weekly at the time that the 96-year-old monarch handled the illness “without any fuss.”
“She’s showed extraordinary courage and is thankful for all the love and support she’s received, and as long as she feels able to work that’s what she’ll continue to [do],” the insider said. “It’s typical of her selfless character and everyone is just in awe of her resolve and bravery. She’s truly one of a kind and an example to everyone around her.”
Prince Charles, who already contracted the virus in March 2020, once again tested positive in February. The heir apparent spoke to Sky News in June 2020 about his first bout of the illness.
“I was lucky, in my case, and got away with it quite lightly. I’ve had it and can still understand what other people are going through,” he said. “I feel particularly for those, for instance, who’ve lost their loved ones but were unable to be with them at the time. That’s, to me, the most ghastly thing. But in order to prevent this from happening to so many more people, this is why I’m determined to find a way out of this.”
Prince William also came down with COVID in March 2020. A source told Us at the time that the Duke of Cambridge “learned