How the Queen relies on homeopathic remedies to keep her well during the coronavirus outbreak
THE Queen is known as one of the hardier members of the royal family, having only cancelled royal engagements due to ill health on a handful of occasions.
And according to insiders Her Majesty may have alternative medicine to thank for her good health.
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During overseas engagements the monarch would be accompanied by a small leather case with a “bewildering” supply of homeopathic remedies, according to the
The case would include arsenicum album for food poisoning, cocculus for travel sickness, nux vomica for indigestion and arnica, for jet-lag and bruising.
And it seems as though the alternative medicine has served the monarch well as she has remained astonishingly resilient throughout her reign.
Apparently homeopathy runs in the family with her father George VI relying heavily on alternative medicine and naming a racehorse Hypericum after a remedy.
The Queen mother, who lived to 101 was also said to be a fan of homeopathy.
On Wednesday it was confirmed their grandfather, Prince Charles, has tested positive for coronavirus.
A statement from Clarence House confirmed the heir apparent, aged 71, tested positive for Covid-19.
Meanwhile the Queen is "in good health" and isolating with Prince Philip after meeting Boris Johnson two weeks ago.
Buckingham Palace today said the 93-year-old monarch was well after the PM confirmed he had tested positive for the bug.
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