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Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

Clarence House has confirmed the heir the the British throne has tested positive for the virus.

By Will Stroude

Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has confirmed.

A spokesperson confirmed that the Prince of Wales, 71, is be displaying mild symptoms “but otherwise remains in good health”, the BBC reports.

Prince Charles’ wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has also been tested but does not have the virus.

Clarence House confirmed that the couple are self-isolating at Balmoral in Scotland.

They added that it was “not possible to ascertain from whom the prince caught the virus”.