THE QUEEN brushed off her Covid scare by conducting a series of meetings earlier this week.
However, fears for her health haven’t stopped since she was in direct contact with Prince Charles two days before he tested positive – so has the Queen contracted Covid?
Does the Queen have Covid?
The Queen tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, February 20, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
Her Majesty is suffering minor cold-like symptoms after contracting the virus.
Officials say she will “continue to receive medical attention” from her team of royal physicians.
The Palace said in a statement today: “Buckingham Palace confirm that The Queen has today tested positive for Covid.
“She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines.”
The shock diagnosis comes just a fortnight after Her Majesty celebrated her Platinum Jubilee and said she wishes for Camilla to become Queen Consort when Charles is made king.
Will The Queen continue on with her regular duties?
The monarch will continue with “light duties” in the coming days, the Palace says.
Her aides will be keeping her schedule light before a series of outings in March.
Officials are keen she will not be rushed and “lessons have been learned” since her punishing 19 jobs in as many days last October, which led to her resting on doctors’ orders.
Where is the Queen today and how is she?
The Queen is expected to remain at Windsor Castle while she recovers from coronavirus.
Buckingham Palace said: “Her Majesty is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms but expects to continue light duties at Windsor over the coming week.”
The Royal Household has its own royal physicians and the Queen’s doctors will be on hand to take care of and monitor the head of state.
Professor Sir Huw Thomas, head of the Medical Household and Physician to the Queen, expected to be in charge.
Her Majesty is understood to be triple vaccinated.
Brits who develop coronavirus symptoms are asked to notify those they have been in contact with in the previous 48 hours.
The Queen can out of isolation if she tests negative on day five and day six and does not have a temperature.
