Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time and Palace sources have confirmed the Prince of Wales recently met with the Queen.
The Prince of Wales is now self-isolating following the test result, which came just minutes before he was due to arrive in Winchester on a visit to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Sky News understands Her Majesty is not showing any coronavirus symptoms and the situation will continue to be monitored.
Aides, who were only informed moments earlier, said the prince was found to be positive during a routine test - which suggested he was not experiencing strong symptoms - but they declined to go into more detail about his condition.
Both he and the Duchess of Cornwall have been taking regular tests before engagements, and Camilla, who visited a school in Bath on Tuesday and has separate royal duties from the prince, had a negative test on Thursday.
In a tweet, Clarence House said: "This morning The Prince of Wales has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating.
"HRH is deeply disappointed not to be able to attend today's events in Winchester and will look to reschedule his visit as soon as possible."
Clarence House confirmed the prince is triple vaccinated but did not confirm whether he had been in physical contact with the Queen recently.
It is the second time the 73-year-old prince has contracted coronavirus, after he fell ill with the virus in 2020.
The announcement comes after Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall attended a reception at the British Museum last night.
The event, attended by scores of people, was held to celebrate the work of the British Asian Trust (BAT), which the prince founded in 2007 to work to reduce poverty in south Asia.
Charles was in close contact with high-profile guests including Home Secretary Priti Patel, former Liverpool footballer Ian Rush and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who was there with his wife Akshata Murthy.
Using his pet name for Camilla, which means "darling" in Urdu, he said in a speech: "I cannot quite believe it is almost two years to the day that both my Mehabooba and myself were able to be with all of you to celebrate the work of the British Asian Trust.
"Since then, across the globe, there has been terrible loss of life from this dreadful pandemic and we have especially seen the devastating impact throughout south Asia."
Charles praised the "truly remarkable achievement" of the BAT, which raised £20m in four fundraising campaigns during the pandemic.
Before his speech, Charles and Camilla greeted supporters and ambassadors of BAT in the museum's Egyptian Gallery.
They first spoke with Mr Sunak and Ms Patel before the four posed for photos.
Greeting Rush, the prince said: "Didn't you used to play?" The Welsh sportsman laughed and replied: "Yes."
Charles then asked how Liverpool were doing and whether the Welsh national team would qualify for this year's World Cup in Qatar.
"They have a chance," Rush said.
Disappointed crowds
More than 1,000 people were gathered behind barriers in Winchester waiting to see the prince on Thursday.
There were groans of disappointment from the crowd after it was announced he would no longer be coming.
The Queen's representative in Hampshire, the Lord Lieutenant Nigel Atkinson, read out a message from the prince.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am so sorry that I cannot be with you today. I am desperately disappointed as I was so looking forward to marking this historic occasion with you," it said.
"I hope very much that I will be able to visit at a future time but for today please accept my most heartfelt apologies and my very best wishes as you mark this memorable occasion for Winchester."
Charles was due to unveil a new statue of Licoricia of Winchester, a prominent Jewish moneylender who was murdered in 1277 during a period of antisemitism in the reign of Edward I that culminated in the expulsion of Jews from England in 1290.
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Earlier this week the Queen, 95, marked her Platinum Jubilee by expressing her "sincere wish" that the duchess would be Queen Camilla at Charles's side when he is one day king.
On a tour of a community kitchen in Notting Hill, west London, earlier on Thursday, Camilla was asked by a visitor how she felt about the title. "I feel very honoured - very honoured and very touched," she said.
When the prince first contracted COVID, he suffered a mild infection and described how he lost his sense of taste and smell.
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