{"id":196,"date":"2022-02-20T15:28:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T15:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalwives.com\/royalty\/?p=196"},"modified":"2022-02-20T15:34:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T15:34:59","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii-tests-positive-for-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.royalwives.com\/royalty\/europe\/queen-elizabeth-ii-tests-positive-for-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II Tests Positive For Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace announced today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The monarch is experiencing “mild cold-like symptoms” but expects to continue “light duties” at Windsor over the coming week, the palace said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines,” it added in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Queen, 95, had been in contact with her eldest son and heir, the Prince of Wales, who tested positive last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is understood a number of people have tested positive at Windsor Castle, where the Queen resides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement comes weeks after the UK’s longest reigning monarch reached her Platinum Jubilee of 70 years on 6 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the eve of her Jubilee, she carried out her first major public engagement for more than three months, meeting charity workers at Sandringham House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Queen, who will be 96 in April, had her first vaccine in January 2021 and is believed to have had all her follow-up jabs after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prince Charles, 73, tested positive on 10 February – he met with the Queen on 8 February. Covid symptoms generally appear from two to 14 days after exposure to the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prince Charles’ wife, the Camilla Parker-Bowles, 74, tested positive for the virus last week, days after her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the first time the duchess had caught Covid, and the second time for Prince Charles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement comes days before England is expected to drop the legal requirement to self-isolate for those who test positive, as the last virus restrictions are set to be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timeline: The Royal Family & Covid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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