Declared positive for Covid-19 last Sunday, the queen was only suffering from “mild” symptoms, according to Buckingham.
Queen Elizabeth II, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, canceled two videoconference hearings scheduled for Thursday, February 24, and does not plan any further engagement this week, Buckingham Palace said.
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“His Majesty continues to exercise light duties. No other commitments are scheduled for this week.“, said the palace in a press release to the agency PA Media, without specifying the state of health of the sovereign of 95 years, whose symptoms had previously been described as “light“. The two hearings scheduled for Thursday “will be postponed to a later date“, it is specified.
No details were given on the state of health of the 95-year-old sovereign. On Tuesday, she had already canceled scheduled engagements online, with the palace explaining that she was presenting “still mild cold-like symptoms“.
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Elizabeth II, who passed the milestone of 70 years of reign on February 6, tested positive for Covid on Sunday. She had met her son Prince Charles on February 8, who tested positive two days later. On Wednesday, however, she held her weekly telephone audience with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Since she spent a night in the hospital in October, the appearances of the sovereign had become rare. But the palace had recently announced a resumption of its public activities, including a ceremony on March 29 at Westminster Abbey in memory of Prince Philip, her husband who died last year. Four days of festivities are planned in June to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years of reign.