Britain’s Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ Britain’s Prince Charles has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after he displayed “mild symptoms” and is now self-isolating, his office said on Wednesday. The 71-year-old heir to the British throne is self-isolating in Scotland with wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who has tested negative for the deadly virus which has claimed 422 lives in the United Kingdom.

‘The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus,’ the Clarence House statement read. ‘He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health and has been working from home throughout the last few days as usual,’ it notes.

In keeping with social distancing advice during the pandemic, Charles has been noticeably using ‘namaste’ as a greeting rather than a handshake when seen in public over the last few weeks, including during an event to mark Commonwealth Day on March 9 at Marlborough House in London.