The Queen Has Tested Positive for COVID-19 on 20th Feb

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The monarch is experiencing "mild cold-like symptoms" but expects to continue "light duties" at Windsor over the coming week, the palace said.

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The Queen, 95, had been in contact with her eldest son and heir, the Prince of Wales, who tested positive last week.

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The announcement comes weeks after the Queen became the UK's longest reigning monarch, after marking her Platinum Jubilee of 70 years on 6 February.

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She carried out her first major public engagement for more than three months on the eve of her Jubilee, meeting charity workers at Sandringham House.

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BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said it can be taken as absolutely certain that the Queen is fully vaccinated.

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On 9 January 2021, it was announced the Queen had received her first Covid jab.

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