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Her Majesty will be carefully monitored this week with staff taking a sensible approach after Buckingham Palace yesterday said she had tested positive for coronavirus.

The Queen continued duties as head of state despite Covid as she sent a message of condolence to the Brazilian president after 170 people died in the city of Petropolis due to flooding

ROBERT HARDMAN: Yesterdays terse statement, confirming that the monarch has tested positive for Covid, will only have been issued through gritted teeth.

Harry and Meghan welcomed Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor on Friday, confirmed in a slick announcement issued today which was the polar opposite to the PR fiasco over Archies birth.

For a man like no other, it was a funeral like no other. From the Land Rover that carried his coffin, to the sounding of Action Stations as he was lowered into the crypt, there was no mistaking the Duke of Edinburgh’s hand in every detail. The one thing he did not anticipate was having to make allowances for a pandemic, but he would have been proud, as ever, of his wife of 73 years as the Queen, a study in stoicism, said her own silent farewell, battling through without anyone by her side. In...

Windsor Castle: The King’s State Bedchamber (Image: GETTY) The King’s State Bedchamber The King’s State Bedchamber is one of many bedrooms at Windsor Castle. The room is covered with red-patterned wallpaper has red, ornate rugs and an impressive four-poster bed. Five paintings hang from the walls depicting famous scenes and landscapes. A white fireplace sits in the centre of the room and chairs line the walls with red upholstery. An intricate chandelier with multiple candelabras hangs fro...