Prince Albert of Monaco, who tested positive for the Coronavirus last week, has denied claims and speculations that he infected Prince Charles with the disease.
Reports of 71-years-old Prince Charles testing positive to the deadly virus spread like wildfire on Wednesday 25th March. Clarence House, in a statement noted that he was displaying mild symptoms but is in good health and has been working from home throughout the last few days as usual. This makes the Prince of Wales the first royal in the world to have contracted the virus.
Prince Albert and the heir had met at an event for Water Aid on March 10 in London and speaking on their encounter, Albert disclosed that they both did not shake, neither did they sit side by side. According to reports, he had told RTL French Radio that he was far away from Prince Charles at the other end of the table and so, he should not be accused of contaminating him. He added that there were a lot of people in attendance at the event which puts the Prince at a high risk of contracting the disease. Read also:Â See 10 People That The Coronavirus Shutdown Affects The Most
“I was at a roundtable for his foundation, but I didn’t shake his hand. I was at the other end of the table, way far away. We nodded hello to one another, so I don’t think I can really be accused of contaminating him. There were a lot of other people around at the congress center, and I know he continued his schedule afterwards for a number of days. He had a number of other opportunities to catch it“, he said in French as reported by USA Today.
Prince Albert of Monaco denies infecting Prince Charles with Coronavirus, says they greeted from afar
