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Queen Consort Camilla tests positive for COVID-19

Camilla, the wife of King Charles and the Queen Consort, has tested positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Monday.

Camilla, King Charles' wife, also contractedthe virus once in February last year

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Camilla, the Queen Consort, visits the STORM Family Centre in London on Thursday. On Monday, Buckingham Palace announced she had contracted COVID-19. (Toby Melville/Pool/The Associated Press)

Camilla, the wife of King Charles and theQueen Consort, has tested positivefor COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Monday.

"After suffering the symptoms of a cold, Her Majesty TheQueen Consort has tested positive for the COVID virus," thepalace said in a statement about the health of the 75-year oldroyal.

The palace added that she has cancelled all her publicengagements for this week, "with regret."

"[She] sends her sincere apologies to those who has been due to attend them."

According to The Telegraph, Camilla had to cancel two engagements set for Tuesday: the Elmhurst Ballet School in Edgbaston, and a library in Telford.

Both Charles and Camilla had been fully vaccinated againstCOVID-19, including a booster shot, and Camilla had contractedthe virus once in February last year.

With files from CBC News