Prince Charles Is Latest European Royal to Fall Ill With Coronavirus

LONDON — The blue-blooded are just as susceptible to coronavirus as every other person on the planet, with Prince Charles the latest European royal to be diagnosed with COVID-19. Clarence House said early Wednesday that Prince Charles, 71, had undergone tests by the National Health Service in Scotland, where the heir to the British throne and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall were already self-isolating at Balmoral. The palace said it “was not possible to ascertain” from whom the prince caught the virus, “owing to the high number of engagements he carried out in his public role during recent weeks.” He is said to be in good health otherwise, and went for the test after displaying mild symptoms of the virus over the weekend. He is the second major royal to be infected: Last week Prince Albert of Monaco confirmed that he had contracted COVID-19. Both he and Prince Charles had attended a WaterAid Climate Summit in London earlier this month, before quarantine and social distancing measures were enacted. Albert came down with coronavirus about a week later, according to media reports. The WaterAid summit was attended by government representatives, community members and business leaders. A key focus of the event was to establish clean water as

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