Charles met with the Queen “recently,” a royal source told CNN after the news emerged. The source did not elaborate on how recently the meeting took place.
Her Majesty is not displaying symptoms and the situation will continue to be monitored, the source said.
“HRH is deeply disappointed not to be able to attend today’s events in Winchester and will look to reschedule his visit as soon as possible,” the statement added. He had been due to unveil a statue of a Jewish business woman from medieval times.
This is the second time the prince has tested positive. Charles first tested positive in late March 2020, as countries around the world were first feeling the effects of the pandemic. Back in 2020 Prince William also tested positive, soon after his father.
Charles, who is fully vaccinated, said at the time he was first infected that he had been lucky to only experience mild symptoms, adding he’d “got away with it quite lightly.”
Charles’ positive test comes just hours after he spent the evening meeting dozens of people at the British Museum celebrating the work of the British Asian Trust, of which he is the founding patron.
Also in attendance at the event were the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Priti Patel.
PA reported that the duchess continued with her engagements Thursday, visiting Paddington Haven, a sexual assault referral center in west London.
Back in December Charles and Camilla released a statement commemorating the one-year anniversary of the administration of the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, urging more people to take up the shot.
“It is the most enormous tribute to the remarkable ingenuity and determination of everyone involved that, one year after the first Covid-19 vaccination, more than a hundred million doses have now been delivered,” the statement said.
The world’s first Covid-19 vaccine dose was administered to 90-year-old Margaret Keenan in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2020, nine months after the World Health Organization declared the global pandemic.
Prince Charles is the third royal this week to test positive for Covid-19. Spain’s King Felipe VI tested positive Wednesday morning, after he began to show mild symptoms the previous night, Spain’s Royal Household said in a statement. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark also tested positive a day earlier.
Anusha Rathi contributed to this report.
