Prince William ‘tested positive’ for coronavirus in April

Duke of Cambridge reportedly said he kept diagnosis to himself because 'I didn't want to worry anyone’

The Duke of Cambridge tested positive for coronavirus, according to reports.

Prince William is believed to have contracted the virus in April at a similar time to his father, the Prince of Wales.

The 38-year-old did not tell anyone about his positive test because “there were important things going on and I didn’t want to worry anyone”, according to The Sun, which first reported the news. 

William continued with his telephone and video engagements, but the newspaper reported a palace source as saying William “struggled to breath” at one stage during the illness, leaving aides “pretty panicked”. 

When contacted on Sunday, Kensington Palace declined to comment but did not deny the report. The BBC said palace sources had confirmed the future monarch contracted Covid-19 earlier this year.

William was reportedly treated by palace doctors and followed government guidelines by isolating at the family home Anmer Hall, in Norfolk, carrying out 14 telephone and video call engagements during April.

Prince Charles contracted coronavirus in March and he quarantined with mild symptoms separately from the Duchess of Cornwall, who tested negative, for 14 days.

The royal couple reunited just days before their 15th wedding anniversary in April.

In his first public engagement after recovering from mild symptoms, Charles revealed he lost his sense of taste and smell when he had coronavirus.

He spoke of his personal experience with Covid-19 when he met frontline NHS staff and key workers in person with Camilla in mid-June.

Additional reporting by PA