THE Queen has tested positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace has announced.The monarch, 95, is experiencing “mild cold-like symptoms” but expects to carry out “light duties” this week.The palace said in a statement: “Buckingham Palace confirm that The Queen has today tested positive for Covid.
“Her Majesty is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms but expects to continue light duties at Windsor over the coming week.The Queen met Prince Charles the week he tested positive, while Camila has also contracted the virus.
Concern across the nation for the monarch will be high given her advanced age and recent health scare when she spent a night in hospital in October and was ordered by doctors to rest.
It comes weeks after she reached her historic Platinum Jubilee of 70 years on the throne on February 6.It also comes during a turbulent week for the Royal Family, which has seen Prince Andrew settle a civil sex case with his accuser, and the Prince of Wales facing the possibility of being interviewed by police over an alleged cash-for-honours scandal.
