Prince CharlesandPrincess Annestepped out for a rare brother-sister outing on Thursday.Appearing for the first time sincetesting positive for COVID-19last week, Charles joined his sister at St. James’s Palace on Friday to hand out The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes. The awards are given every two years to universities and colleges whose work has been judged to show excellence, innovation and impact and to be of a benefit to society.Prince Charles, 73, sipped a cup of tea as he and Princess Anne, 71, mingled with the guests in the Queen Anne Room at the reception following the ceremony.Prince Charles and Princess Anne.Kirsty O’Connor - WPA Pool/Getty ImagesOn February 10,Prince Charles' office at Clarence House announced that the royal heir had tested positive for coronavirus and was self-isolating. The diagnosis also meant his scheduled events in Winchester that day had to be canceled.Charles firsttested positivefor the viral disease at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.Prince Charles and Princess Anne.Kirsty O’Connor - WPA Pool/Getty ImagesTheCOVID-19 scareextended toQueen Elizabethafter it was revealed thatPrince Charleshad seen his mother two days prior to the positive test result. However, the monarch, 95, was monitored and had a busy week of events, including anin-person meetingat Windsor Castle on Wednesday.On Monday,Prince Charles' wifeCamilla, Duchess of Cornwallalso tested positive for COVID.Prince Charles.Kirsty O’Connor - WPA Pool/Getty ImagesCan’t get enough ofPEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates onKate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!The outing also comes one day after the Metropolitan Policelaunched an investigation into Prince Charles' charityfollowing allegations that donations were made to secure official honors and British citizenship for a Saudi businessman.Charles’s officereiterated their statement from September, saying, “The Prince of Wales had no knowledge of the alleged offer of honours or British citizenship on the basis of donation to his charities.”
Prince CharlesandPrincess Annestepped out for a rare brother-sister outing on Thursday.
Appearing for the first time sincetesting positive for COVID-19last week, Charles joined his sister at St. James’s Palace on Friday to hand out The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes. The awards are given every two years to universities and colleges whose work has been judged to show excellence, innovation and impact and to be of a benefit to society.
Prince Charles, 73, sipped a cup of tea as he and Princess Anne, 71, mingled with the guests in the Queen Anne Room at the reception following the ceremony.
Prince Charles and Princess Anne.Kirsty O’Connor - WPA Pool/Getty Images
On February 10,Prince Charles' office at Clarence House announced that the royal heir had tested positive for coronavirus and was self-isolating. The diagnosis also meant his scheduled events in Winchester that day had to be canceled.
Charles firsttested positivefor the viral disease at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.
TheCOVID-19 scareextended toQueen Elizabethafter it was revealed thatPrince Charleshad seen his mother two days prior to the positive test result. However, the monarch, 95, was monitored and had a busy week of events, including anin-person meetingat Windsor Castle on Wednesday.
On Monday,Prince Charles' wifeCamilla, Duchess of Cornwallalso tested positive for COVID.
Prince Charles.Kirsty O’Connor - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Can’t get enough ofPEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates onKate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!
The outing also comes one day after the Metropolitan Policelaunched an investigation into Prince Charles' charityfollowing allegations that donations were made to secure official honors and British citizenship for a Saudi businessman.
Charles’s officereiterated their statement from September, saying, “The Prince of Wales had no knowledge of the alleged offer of honours or British citizenship on the basis of donation to his charities.”
source: people.com
