ROYAL RETURN
Prince Charles out of self-isolation seven days after positive coronavirus test
PRINCE Charles is out of self-isolation seven days after he tested positive for coronavirus.
The 71-year-old had been diagnosed with the bug last week after developing mild symptoms but is now in "good health" at his Birkhall home in Scotland.
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A Clarence House spokesman said: "Clarence House has confirmed today that, having consulted with his doctor, the Prince of Wales is now out of self-isolation."
However, his 72-year-old wife Camilla remains in isolation as per government guidelines which state family members without symptoms must isolate for 14 days.
Those who have symptoms must isolate for seven.
It is believed the future king had suffered mild symptoms last weekend while at Highgrove House in Gloucester and flew privately to Scotland on Sunday night where he was tested on Monday.
At the time, Clarence House said it was "not possible to ascertain" who the royal caught the virus from "owing to the high number of engagements he carried out in his public role during recent weeks."
The royal met with Prince Albert of Monaco, who later tested positive for coronavirus, on March 10.
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The Prince had been avoiding shaking hands with members of the public at a number of events recently, instead choosing to use the namaste gesture.
He last appeared in public with the Queen, along with princes William and Harry and other senior royals, at the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on March 9.
Meanwhile, the Queen, 93, remains in good health in Buckingham Palace.
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