Queen Camillahas tested positive for coronavirus nearly a year to the day after herfirst diagnosiswith COVID-19 was announced.
Buckingham Palace shared the news in a statement on Monday.
“After suffering the symptoms of a cold, Her Majesty The Queen Consort has tested positive for the Covid virus,” the palace said. “With regret, she has therefore cancelled all her public engagements for this week and sends her sincere apologies to those who had been due to attend them.”
Last February, Clarence House announced that Queen Camilla, 75,tested positive for COVID. Camilla tested positive four days after her husband, who was then known asPrince Charles, entered self-isolation following his own positive coronavirus diagnosis.
In a short statement issued on Feb. 14, 2022, a spokesman at Clarence House said, “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating. We continue to follow government guidelines.” The palace added at the time that Camilla was tripled-vaccinated against the viral disease.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images
About a month later, in March 2022, the then-Duchess of Cornwall discussed herlingering symptomsduring a meeting at Clarence House.
The Queen Consort was also set to joinKing Charles IIIin Milton Keynes on Thursday to celebrate its new status as a city.
Queen Camilla was in good spirits last week during twoback-to-back daysof engagements. Last Wednesday, Camilla and King Charles, 74, stepped out in East London to meet activists who were involved in the anti-racism movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The royal couple planted a tree at Altab Ali’s namesake park, in memory of the young British Bangladeshi man who was murdered in the area in 1978.
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Queen Camilla stepped out solo last Thursday, visiting theSTORM Family Centerin Battersea, London. The charity serves victims of domestic violence and offers support services to community members of all ages, and Camilla came out to celebrate the organization’s 19th anniversary.
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The Queen Consort spent time with survivors, met STORM founder Marie Hanson and learned more about the center’s activities, from candle-making to computer skills. She even tried her hand at painting on a canvas, whichHello!reports she signed “CR” (for Camilla Regina, Regina meaning “Queen” in Latin).
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Camilla’s case of coronavirus in February 2022 was her first and Charles' second. The then-Prince of Wales firsttested positivefor the viral disease at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. At the time, a spokesperson for the royal told PEOPLE that the prince was in “good spirits” and continued working at home amid “mild symptoms.”
Though the news was kept from the public for months,Prince Williamalsotested positive for coronavirusin April 2020.
King Charles and Queen Camilla at Sandringham recently.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
source: people.com
