The British tabloid said that William, the second in line to the throne, kept the diagnosis secret because “he didn’t want to alarm the nation.” His diagnosis came a few days after the palace revealed in late March that Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, had the virus.

A spokeswoman for Kensington Palace said on Sunday evening that the palace did not want to comment on the reports.

Charles, 71, had mild symptoms and lost his sense of taste and smell. He later said he “got away with it quite lightly.” He and his wife, Camilla, who tested negative, self-isolated separately at Birkhall, his royal residence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was also stricken with the virus in late March and spent several days in a hospital in early April, including three nights in intensive care, where he received supplemental oxygen. On the same night that Johnson was hospitalized, the queen delivered a rare and rousing televised speech to the nation — only the fifth …continued .
[Source: Washington Post]