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Prince William had Covid-19 in April, says media report

Prince William (Photo: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images).

By: Pramod Thomas

BRITAIN’s Prince William contracted Covid-19 in April but he kept his diagnosis a secret because he did not want to ‘alarm the country’, media reports said.

William, grandson of Queen Elizabeth and second-in-line to the British throne, caught the virus at a similar time his father Prince Charles also contracted the virus, The Sun newspaper reported citing Kensington Palace sources.

“There were important things going on and I didn’t want to worry anyone,” William was quoted by the newspaper as having told an observer at an engagement.

He was treated by palace doctors and followed government guidelines by isolating at the family home Anmer Hall, in Norfolk, the newspaper said, adding he still carried out 14 telephone and video call engagements during April.

“William was hit pretty hard by the virus – it really knocked him for six. At one stage he was struggling to breathe, so obviously everyone around him was pretty panicked,” a source told The Sun.

The BBC also confirmed the news from sources, with Kensington Palace and the office of Prince William refusing to comment officially to the news outlet.

The palace was not immediately available for comment.

The residence of William’s father, Prince Charles, had said on March 25 that Charles tested positive for the coronavirus. The heir to the throne had self-isolated at his residence in Scotland for seven days with mild symptoms.

Britain has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak and has reported 46,717 Covid-19 deaths – defined as those dying within 28 days of a positive test. A broader measure of those with Covid-19 on their death certificates puts the toll at 58,925.

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