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British Royal Kate Self-Isolating After COVID-19 Contact


FILE - Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge sits in the Royal Box on Centre Court on day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London. The Duchess of Cambridge is now self-isolating after a contact tested positive for the coronavirus.
FILE - Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge sits in the Royal Box on Centre Court on day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London. The Duchess of Cambridge is now self-isolating after a contact tested positive for the coronavirus.

British royal Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is self-isolating and has cancelled her engagements after someone she came into contact with subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, her office said on Monday.

"Last week the Duchess of Cambridge came into contact with someone who has subsequently tested positive for COVID-19," a spokesperson for Kensington Palace said.

"Her Royal Highness is not experiencing any symptoms, but is following all relevant government guidelines and is self-isolating at home."

Kate, wife of Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince William, attended a number of events last week, most prominently the Wimbledon tennis championships on Friday.

She had been due to attend an event to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of Britain's National Health Service on Monday with William, who is not required to self-isolate.

William himself fell ill with the disease last April, at about the same time as his father, heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, with media reports saying he had been hit pretty badly by the virus.

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