Prince Charles has extended sympathy to Brits hit by COVID-19 after recovering from virus
Prince Charles has released a video describing the ‘strange’ experience of suffering the coronavirus and praising workers battling on the frontline.
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Prince Charles has poured his heart out to those suffering from coronavirus, as a new video appears to show he has recovered from the illness.
From his desk in Scotland, the heir to the throne has shared his sympathy with those in Britain, and the rest of the world, who have lost loved ones to the killer virus.
As Patron of @age_uk, The Prince of Wales shares a message on the Coronavirus pandemic and its effect on the older members of the community. pic.twitter.com/a6NEFPOtvQ
— Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) April 1, 2020
He also singled out health, medical staff and supermarket workers who have kept the UK going, praising their efforts.
And he sympathised with the elderly who were being urged to self isolate for three months while the UK dealt with its coronavirus outbreak.
“Having recently gone through the process of contracting this coronavirus – luckily with relatively mild symptoms – I now find myself on the other side of the illness, but still in no less a state of social distance and general isolation,” he said in the video on Twitter.
“As we are all learning, this is a strange, frustrating and often distressing experience when the presence of family and friends is no longer possible and the normal structures of life are suddenly removed.
“At such an unprecedented and anxious time in all our lives, my wife and I are thinking particularly of all those who have lost their loved ones in such very difficult and abnormal circumstances, and of those having to endure sickness, isolation and loneliness.”
The UK has enlisted a people’s army of 750,000 volunteers to help bring food and medicine to sick and elderly Brits.
Prince Charles, patron of Age UK, said people were isolated, but they were not alone.
“However, we also know that in every community up and down this land – where people of all ages are being affected by this virus – there are truly wonderful neighbours, individuals and groups of volunteers who are providing ceaseless care and attention to those most at risk and that all this network of selfless assistance is, in itself, helping to provide vital support and reassurance to the hard-pressed professional services,” he said.
Prince Charles added: “ None of us can say when this will end, but end it will. Until it does, let us all try and live with hope and, with faith in ourselves and each other, look forward to better times to come.”
Originally published as Prince Charles has extended sympathy to Brits hit by COVID-19 after recovering from virus