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Prince William contracted coronavirus earlier this year, reports BBC News. Palace sources told BBC News, a partner at CBS News, about the royals’ positive coronavirus test, though the prince’s office has not publicly commented. William is believed to have tested positive for the virus in April, according to BBC News.
William, also known as the Duke of Cambridge, is second in line to the throne after his father, Prince Charles. The Sun newspaper reports that William was treated by palace doctors and isolated at home, and that at one point he had trouble breathing.
His condition may have been kept private because the royal family did not want to alarm the nation, according to the BBC’s royal correspondent Jonny Dymond. “But the palace also tries to preserve some privacy for the Royal Family,” Dymond said.
Prince William remained active throughout April, attending 14 engagements by phone and video calls, according to the BBC.
His father, Prince Charles, also tested positive for coronavirus in the spring. The prince’s Clarence House office issued a statement in March saying that Charles was displaying “mild symptoms, but is otherwise in good health and has been working from home for the past few days as usual.”
His wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, tested negative for the virus, the spokesperson said. The couple isolated themselves at their home in Scotland.
“It is not possible to determine from whom the prince contracted the virus due to the large number of commitments that he made in his public function in recent weeks,” the statement said.
In addition to royalty, the prime minister Boris Johnson also fought the virus in the spring. Johnson became the first world leader to announce that he had contracted COVID-19 in March. He was admitted to the hospital, then transferred to ICU in April, but now he’s recovered.
The UK has recorded more than 1,038,000 coronavirus cases and 46,800 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
