Queen Elizabeth Tests Positive For COVID-19 After Prince Charles, Camilla Diagnoses

Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday.

The monarch's diagnosis comes after her son Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall also tested positive for coronavirus.

The 95-year-old sovereign — who is celebrating her 70th year on the throne this year — is experiencing "mild cold-like symptoms" but expects to continue light duties at Windsor Castle in the coming days, the palace said in a short statement obtained by ITV News royal editor Chris Ship.

"She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines," the statement added.

Ship noted that amid her diagnosis, the Queen signed off Sunday a congratulatory message to Team GB men's and women's curling teams following their success at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. "We are told that is an indication that her coronavirus symptoms are not too serious," the journalist tweeted without identifying his source.

Queen Elizabeth will be carefully monitored by her personal medical team, the BBC reported. Sir Huw Thomas, the monarch's physician, previously said that his "key priority" was keeping the royal household safe through the pandemic.

The Queen, along with her late husband Prince Philip, received her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021. While the palace declined to confirm if she received her second dose and booster shot, the monarch is believed to have had all her follow-up jabs after the first one, according to the BBC.

In addition to the Queen, several members of the royal household based at Windsor Castle have also tested positive for COVID-19, People reported.

Queen Elizabeth last met with Prince Charles, 73, on Feb. 8, two days before he received his diagnosis. He was at Windsor Castle, where the Queen is currently living, to hand out investiture honors.

Prince Charles, who began isolating after his Feb. 10 diagnosis, also tested positive for the virus in March 2020.

Following Prince Charles' COVID-19 diagnosis, an unnamed royal insider told Us Weekly that the Queen was being monitored but was not displaying any symptoms.

Four days later, Prince Charles' wife Camilla, 74, also tested positive for COVID-19. Both royals are triple vaccinated.

Last week, the Queen completed her first in-person engagement since returning to Windsor. She met with outgoing Defence Services Secretary Rear Admiral James Macleod as well as Major General Eldon Millar, who is taking over the position, at the castle.

In a video from the meeting, Queen Elizabeth greeted the men using a cane. She gestured to her feet and quipped, "As you can see, I can't move."

The Queen "had been feeling slightly stiff, rather than having injured herself or being unwell," Reuters reported, citing an unnamed palace source.