Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, tested positive for COVID-19 days after Prince Charles

• Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time, according to the BBC.

• Clarence House confirmed to news outlets that the Duchess is currently self-isolating.

• She tested positive days after Prince Charles contracted the virus for the second time.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 for the first time, the BBC reported, citing Clarence House.

The news comes days after Prince Charles, 73, tested positive for the coronavirus for the second time on Thursday and began self-isolation. Shortly before he tested positive, he met the queen, who has no symptoms, conformable ITV News editor Chris Shipp.

“This morning the Prince of Wales tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating,” a spokesman for Prince Charles tweeted on Thursday. The fully vaccinated Prince of Wales previously tested positive in March 2020.

The BBC added that Camilla tested negative on the day her husband tested positive and began a series of royal engagements. During a visit to the Thames Valley Partnership in Buckinghamshire, southeast England, the royal described herself as “thankfully” negative, the BBC reported.

Insider previously reported that Camilla received her first shot alongside Charles on February 10, 2021.

According to the BBC, Camilla received a total of three vaccinations, including a booster which she confirmed she received on December 8, 2021, in a bid to encourage others to do the same.

Addressing “all those who have not yet received the vaccine or are hesitating before getting a booster”, the BBC reported that the royal couple urged everyone to “get vaccinated and get the booster, as we have done ourselves”. .

Clarence House did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.

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