Kensington Palace Says Kate Middleton and the Royal Kids Didn’t Get COVID-19 in April

From Cosmopolitan

• Kensington Palace reportedly confirmed that Prince William tested positive for COVID-19 in April.

• The palace also reportedly confirmed that Kate Middleton and the royal kids did not get the virus.

News of Prince William secretly testing positive for COVID-19 in April broke overnight, with Kensington Palace initially refusing to confirm reports from BBC and The Sun. But according to multiple royal correspondents on Twitter, including the Daily Mail’s Rebecca English and The Express’s Richard Palmer, Kensington Palace has belatedly confirmed Prince William’s diagnosis—and confirmed that Kate Middleton and the royal children (George, Charlotte, and Louis) did not get the virus.

Both reporters also implied there could be backlash over why the diagnosis was kept a secret, considering William is second in line to the British throne.

According to The Sun’s original report, William told an insider “there were important things going on and I didn’t want to worry anyone.” That said, he was “hit pretty hard by the virus” and “at one stage, he was struggling to breathe, so obviously, everyone around him was pretty panicked.”

As a reminder, William’s father, Prince Charles, also tested positive for COVID-19, which was made public. He appears to have come down with the virus around the same time as William.

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