Prince Andrew has tested positive for COVID, Buckingham Palace has said.
The Duke of York will be unable to attend the thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
A palace spokesman said: “After undertaking a routine test the Duke has tested positive for COVID and with regret will no longer be attending tomorrow’s service.”
It is understood that Andrew has met with the Queen in the last few days but has been undertaking regular testing and has not seen her since he tested positive.
It is understood Andrew saw the Queen in the last few days but has been undertaking regular testing and has not seen her since he tested positive.
He was pictured on Wednesday in high spirits riding a horse on the Royal Estate in Windsor.
Andrew, who is the Queen’s second son, stepped away from royal duties and no longer uses his HRH title, after Virginia Giuffre, who was trafficked by Jefferey Epstein, accused the prince of sexually assaulting her when she was 17.
