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Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla tests positive for COVID-19 just days after Prince Charles

Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla tests positive for COVID-19 just days after Prince Charles

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The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19, Clarence House has said.

 

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Camilla, 74, caught the virus for the first time just days after her husband the Prince of Wales caught it a second time.

 

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A Clarence House spokesman said on Monday: “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating.

 

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“We continue to follow government guidelines.”

 

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The duchess, 74, carried out a string of engagements on the same day. She described herself then as “luckily” negative, saying of her testing regime during a visit to Thames Valley Partnership in Buckinghamshire: “I’ve taken it so many times.”

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Both Charles and Camilla have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including a booster shot.

 

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Charles, Prince of Wales, tested positive last Thursday, on a day when the duchess carried out a number of engagements.

 

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The Queen was in contact with Charles, her eldest son, two days before he tested positive, but Buckingham Palace said on Thursday that she was not displaying any symptoms.

 

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The palace refused to confirm whether the 95-year-old had tested positive for the virus, however, citing privacy.

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