INTERNATIONAL: Britain's Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID-19, his office has announced on Thursday,February 10, the second time that the heir-to-the-throne has contracted the disease.

The Prince of Wales , who is first in line to the British throne and is now self-isolating.Charles met his mother, Queen Elizabeth in Windsor two days before testing positive .

They say the monarch is not showing any symptoms of coronavirus.

Camilla has tested negative for coronavirus.

Buckingham Palace has not confirmed whether the Queen has tested positive or negative, citing medical privacy.

Charles, 73, who has said in December both he and his wife Camilla had received their Covid vaccine booster shots, has previously tested positive in March 2020 when he has said he had been "lucky" to have suffered only mild symptoms.

He has spent seven days in self-isolation at his Birkhall home in Scotland before resuming his duties.

On Wednesday, he has attended a reception for the British Asian Trust where pictures showed him chatting to other guests including British finance minister Rishi Sunak. Health minister Sajid Javid and interior minister Priti Patel were also among those who were due to attend.

Charles's son Prince William has also contracted Covid shortly after his father in 2020, with media reports saying he had been hit pretty badly by the virus.