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The Queen has tested positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace has said.<\/p>

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The palace said the monarch is experiencing \u201cmild cold-like symptoms\u201d but expects to continue \u201clight duties\u201d at Windsor over the coming week.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines,\u201d the palace said in a statement.<\/p>

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The Queen, 95, had been in contact with her eldest son and heir, the Prince of Wales, who tested positive last week.<\/p>

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The announcement comes weeks after the Queen became the UK\u2019s longest reigning monarch, reaching her Platinum Jubilee of 70 years on 6 February.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She carried out her first major public engagement for more than three months on the eve of her Jubilee, meeting charity workers at Sandringham House.<\/p>

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