(John Ransom, Headline USA) Despite having been vaccinated three times against COVID infection, 95-year old Queen Elizabeth II has been infected with the virus according to the BBC.
BBC News – Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for Covid – reportedly has mild cold-like symptoms but expects to carry out light duties this week, says Buckingham Palace.https://t.co/JAlIPsHBDH
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The BBC reported that the queen is suffering from “mild cold-like symptoms” and is in isolation, while other members of the household have also contracted the virus.
“Her eldest son and heir, the Prince of Wales, tested positive on 10 February, after meeting his mother on 8 February,” as did her daughter-in-law, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, said the BBC.
For the queen, it’s the latest in a series of setbacks that have plagued the scandal-ridden British royal family.
Her son, “Prince Andrew has signed what’s rumoured to be a multimillion-pound agreement to settle his sex abuse civil case,” said Sky News, and “the Met Police have confirmed they’re investigating cash for honours claims within Prince Charles’s charitable foundation.”
The Prince Andrew settlement, part of the Jeffrey Epstein pedophilia scandal, will be partially paid out by the queen.
“The Queen is to foot part of the bill for Prince Andrew’s sexual abuse lawsuit, which could end up costing some £12 million, reports claimed tonight,” said the Daily Mail.
Nearly a year ago, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip, died at Windsor Castle at the age of 99, which undoubtedly has made the recent troubles so much more difficult for the queen to bear alone.
“It’s so sad. He’s been with her for 73 years,” said one visitor expressing condolences at the castle according to the BBC. “If it wasn’t for him who knows if she would have got through it.”
Another told the BBC that Prince Philip was “the kind of stability that’s so old-fashioned it’s difficult to comprehend. He was a rock who brought integrity.”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer both wished the queen a speedy recover, said the BBC.