Prince Charles has had contact with possibly hundreds of people over the past 16 days, including the Queen and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The 71-year-old heir to the throne, who has tested positive for coronavirus, carried out at least six engagements as the outbreak gathered pace.
He last met with the Queen briefly at Buckingham Palace on March 12, with doctors believing he could have been contagious from the following day.
Charles and the Queen at the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on March 9
(From left) The Queen, Prince Charles, his wife Camilla and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sit together during the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on March 9
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, with Prince William and Kate and Charles during the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on March 9
Prince Charles walks past Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Westminster Abbey on March 9
Charles with the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle at the Westminster Abbey service on March 9
Charles also met all the senior members of the Royal Family apart from Prince Philip at the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on March 9.
Others royals at the service included the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who have since moved to Amner Hall in Norfolk with their three children.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who have since returned to Vancouver Island before they step down as senior royals on March 31, were also there.
The Queen – who remains in ‘good health’ – travelled from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle last Thursday, where Philip joined her from Sandringham.
Charles’s last public engagement was on March 12 when he attended a dinner at Mansion House in aid of the Australian bushfire relief and recovery effort.
Prince Charles is greeted by Baroness Scotland as he arrives with the Duchess of Cornwall for the Commonwealth Reception at Marlborough House in London on March 9
Charles with singer Alexandra Burke (second left) and other guests during the Commonwealth Reception at Marlborough House in London on Commonwealth Day on March 9
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at Marlborough House in London on March 9
Prince Charles sits opposite Prince Albert of Monaco at the WaterAid charity’s Water and Climate event at Kings Place in London on March 10
The Prince of Wales alongside Tim Wainwright from WaterAid at Kings Place on March 10
The Prince of Wales at the WaterAid charity’s Water and Climate event in London on March 10
But following this Charles did have a number of private meetings with Highgrove and Duchy individuals, all of whom have been made aware.
On March 9, the day of the Commonwealth Service, Charles and his wife Camilla also went to Marlborough House in London for a reception.
They were guests of Commonwealth secretary-general Baroness Scotland at the event to mark Commonwealth Day at the Commonwealth Secretariat.
One day later, Charles was with Monaco’s head of state Prince Albert II, who has since tested positive for coronavirus.
Charles is not believed to have shaken hands with Prince Albert but attended a roundtable meeting with him at the WaterAid Summit in London on that day.
And on March 11 Charles, the president of the Prince’s Trust, met award winners and the charity’s supporters at the annual Prince’s Trust Awards.
Celebrities he met at the event included actors Pierce Brosnan, James Norton and Richard E. Grant, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood and presenters Ant and Dec.
Then one day later on March 12, Charles had a short meeting with the Queen in the morning at Buckingham Palace after holding an investitures ceremony.
Charles gave honours to children’s TV presenter Baroness Benjamin, Scottish composer Helen Grime and The Searchers singer Michael Prendergast.
And later that evening, Charles attended a dinner at Mansion House in aid of the Australian bushfire relief and recovery effort.
He met with the Lord Mayor of the City of London, William Russell, and the High Commissioner for Australia, George Brandis, at the event.
The prince was pictured practising namastes instead of handshakes at his public events, including when the royals gathered for the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on March 9, and the Prince’s Trust event on March 11.
Today, a Clarence House spokesman said Charles was displaying ‘mild symptoms’ but is in good health as he self isolates at home in Scotland.
Charles alongside footballer Harry Kane on stage at the annual Prince’s Trust Awards 2020 held at the London Palladium on March 11
The Prince of Wales using a Namaste gesture to greet television presenters Ant McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly at the Prince’s Trust Awards 2020 at the London Palladium on March 11
The Prince of Wales greets Pierce Brosnan (centre) at the London Palladium on March 11
Charles with Kate Garraway and Alexander Armstrong at the London Palladium on March 11
The Prince of Wales speaks to Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood at the London Palladium on March 11
Camilla, 72, who is also at Birkhall, in Aberdeenshire, has tested negative for the virus, so is separating herself from the prince.
Buckingham Palace said the 93-year-old monarch, who is staying at Windsor Castle with the 98-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, remains in good health and is following all appropriate advice.
Philip was not with the Queen at Buckingham Palace when she last met Charles on March 12.
Charles has spoken to both his sons the Duke of Cambridge, who is in Norfolk with the Duchess of Cambridge and their young children, and the Duke of Sussex, who is in Canada. He has also been in touch with the Queen.
In a statement, Clarence House said: ‘The Prince of Wales has tested positive for Coronavirus. He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health and has been working from home throughout the last few days as usual.
‘In accordance with Government and medical advice, the Prince and the Duchess are now self-isolating at home in Scotland.
‘The tests were carried out by the NHS in Aberdeenshire where they met the criteria required for testing.
‘It is not possible to ascertain from whom the Prince caught the virus owing to the high number of engagements he carried out in his public role during recent weeks.’
A source said his doctor’s most conservative estimate was that the prince was contagious on March 13.
The Baroness Benjamin from London is made a Dame Commander of the British Empire by the Prince of Wales during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on March 12
The Prince of Wales (right) talks to the Lord Mayor of London, William Russell, and his wife Hilary at a dinner for the Australian bushfire relief at Mansion House in London on March 12
Charles with the Lord Mayor of the City of London, William Russell (left) and the High Commissioner for Australia, George Brandis (right) at a dinner at Mansion House on March 12
A small number of people living and working at Birkhall are remaining at the residence and self-isolating.
The source said the prince was up and about and not bedridden. Medical advice is that it is unlikely to escalate into a more serious case.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said today: ‘Her Majesty The Queen remains in good health.
‘The Queen last saw the Prince of Wales briefly after the investiture on the morning of March 12 and is following all the appropriate advice with regard to her welfare.’
How Birkhall is Prince Charles and Camilla’s idyllic royal retreat
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall spent their honeymoon at the idyllic royal retreat of Birkhall.
Now as they approach their 15th wedding anniversary next month, the pair are self-isolating from one another in their beloved Scottish home after Charles tested positive for coronavirus.
Each Easter and summer, Charles and Camilla head to the residence nestled in a picturesque glen on the Queen’s private Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire.
Charles at a ceremony to present service medals in the grounds of Birkhall in 2012
The couple, who are known as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland, usually spend their time fishing, painting or walking together near the secluded home, which used to belong to Charles’s grandmother the Queen Mother.
But this stay will be vastly different as they isolate from each other and their small remaining household.
The Queen Mother used to described the home as a “little big house”.
The grand hunting lodge was where heir to the throne Charles found sanctuary as a teenager with his grandmother during his unhappy school days at Gordonstoun.
Charles and Camilla at the Arboretum at Birkhall in the BBC documentary ‘Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70’ in November 2018
He inherited it from the Queen Mother following her death in 2002.
In Charles’s own words, the retreat is “a unique haven of cosiness and character”.
Alongside his grandmother, Charles first learned to fish by the whisky-brown waters of the Muick which flows at the bottom of the lodge’s garden.
During the turmoil of his divorce from Diana, Princess of Wales, it was at Birkhall that Charles sought refuge from media scrutiny.
Shortly after the death of the Queen Mother, the grieving Prince made the sad journey back to stay in the nostalgic house, where he was joined by Camilla.
Hidden from public view, the mansion dates to 1715 and was bought by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert for their son in 1849.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at Birkhall in a photograph for Country Life magazine in 2018
The Queen Mother, then the Duchess of York, first went there shortly after she married the Duke of York in 1923, when King George V suggested they use it as their Scottish home.
Charles’s parents, the Queen, then known as Princess Elizabeth, and the Duke of Edinburgh, spent part of their honeymoon at Birkhall in 1947, after first travelling to Broadlands in Hampshire to the home of Philip’s uncle Earl Mountbatten.
The Scottish mansion also played a crucial role in the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s romance when they were dating.
William and Kate enjoyed romantic breaks at the retreat, and reportedly told friends many of their happiest weekends were spent at the sanctuary.
In 2010, Camilla broke her left fibula while out hillwalking on the Balmoral estate.