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Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID-19

The Prince of Wales is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 for the second time in the space of two years, reports state.

Royal sources have explained that the future King is not suffering from any severe symptoms and will make a full recovery in due time.

The previous evening, he and the Duchess of Cornwall met Chancellor Rishi Sunak and others at a reception in the British Museum. Thankfully, Camilla has tested negative for the virus according to Clarence House.

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Unfortunately, it is believed that Prince Charles spent some time with his mother, Queen Elizabeth, this week. Earlier in the week, Charles held an investiture at Windsor Castle, where the Queen, 95, is currently in residence. This is where the contact is believed to have taken place.

Buckingham Palace has not confirmed whether the Queen has tested positive or negative, citing medical privacy.

Tuesday's investiture carried out by the prince saw Ansel Wong, a Trinidadian-born cultural activist who previously helped to organize the Notting Hill carnival, receive a CBE for services to art and culture. Margot and Fergus Henderson were made OBEs for services to the culinary arts while Dr Nisreen Alwan, associate professor in public health at Southampton University, was made an MBE for services to medicine and public health during the pandemic.

The Prince of Wales had a busy week in general, and was at several events as a representative of the Royal Family.

People who develop coronavirus symptoms are asked to notify those they have been in close contact within the previous 48 hours, so he will no doubt be reaching out to several people he had contact with!

The Queen returned to Windsor Castle, where she met Charles, earlier this week after spending the anniversary of her accession day on Sunday at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

While the Palace has been tight-lipped on Queen Elizabeth's health, one assumes there will be updates in the following days.