Former Dutch queen Beatrix tests positive for coronavirus

THE HAGUE – Princess Beatrix, the 83-year-old erstwhile Dutch queen, has tested affirmative for the coronavirus, the royal location announced Saturday.

In a statement, the royal location said Beatrix got tested aft feeling “mild acold symptoms.” It said she is successful isolation astatine location and abiding by rules for radical who person tested positive. The princess lives successful a castle successful the cardinal Netherlands.

Beatrix was queen of the Netherlands for 33 years until abdicating successful 2013, erstwhile her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, became king.

Last week she visited the Caribbean land of Curacao, which is portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. At the time, she told reporters she had had her COVID-19 booster shot.

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