The Queen spent time with the Prince of Wales in person two days before he tested positive for Covid-19, it has emerged, as Buckingham Palace refused to confirm whether Her Majesty has taken a test.
The Queen saw the Prince “recently”, a Royal source confirmed, but is currently displaying no symptoms of the virus.
Mother and son were at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, after the Queen returned from Sandringham following her Accession Day message marking her 70 years on the throne.
The Prince tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday morning, meaning he was compelled to pull out of a visit to Winchester at the last minute.
It is the second time the Prince, who is 73 and triple-jabbed, has contracted the virus.
The Queen is not known to have suffered it before, spending the pandemic lockdown in a bubble with her closest aides.
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On Thursday, Buckingham Palace declined to say whether she had been tested for the virus after being made aware of the Prince’s illness, citing her privacy.
The Duchess of Cornwall, who tested negative and continued with her day of public engagements, said her husband was finding his second dose of Covid “a bit tiresome”.
Read more: The Telegraph
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