Queen Elizabeth II’s footman has tested positive for coronavirus, days after Prince Charles contracted the deadly bug.
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“Everyone is terrified, not just for themselves but also for the Queen and the Duke,” a royal source told The Sun.
“There is a palpable sense of fear in the air at the moment.”
The Queen and Prince Philip have started living together for the first time in two years because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Queen, 93, is social distancing at Windsor Castle with a frail Philip, 98. She usually resides in Buckingham Palace, while Philip lives at Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk since he retired in 2017.
It has been claimed that doctors are on standby for Prince Philip amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The 98-year-old is said to be “enormously vulnerable” to coronavirus, which has resulted in has doctors being on standby.
“Prince Philip is enormously vulnerable, as he is a very sick person anyway,” royal expert Angela Mollard revealed to the Express.co.uk.
She continued: “He was in hospital at Christmas time, so they will be protecting his health at Windsor. There will be doctors on staff.”
Meanwhile, Prince Charles, 71, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, and is is in self-isolation. Wife Camilla tested negative to the virus.
“The Prince of Wales has tested positive for Coronavirus,” Clarence House confirmed on March 25.
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