How come Prince Charles gets a Covid test but front line NHS workers can't?

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Prince charles has corona and, unsurprisingly him and Camilla have managed to have tests.....

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If he dies would Andrew become heir apparent, or Anne as women can now be considered in the line of succession. Or would Wills still be in the running.
If Charles died then William is next in line to the throne so he would be heir apparent (followed by George, Charlotte then Louis).

Anne is currently 14th in line to the throne so, unless a lot of people die, it is incredibly unlikely she will accede to the throne.

They used NHS resources in Aberdeen to have the tests - not private

If ever we needed to get rid of the cultural deference to the Windsor family (benefit scroungers par excellence), now is the time.

I imagine he paid for it.

You can too, if you can afford £375. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52007155

If I was in my 70s, I'd think that was worth it.

Harry would be King before Andrew.

It goes -
William
George
Charlotte
Louis
Harry
Archie
Andrew
Beatrice
Eugenie
Edward
Louise
Frederick
Anne
Peter
Zara

Anne wasn’t bumped up the list because of the rule change with Charlotte. It didn’t “backdate”.

I feel much sorrier for all his household staff at Balmoral, who will probably still have to squeeze his toothpaste into his toothbrush, run his daily bath, cook his six breakfast eggs (so he can have the perfect boiled egg) and deal with his laundry.
And probably lots more besides.

I'm on the fence about royalty but I imagine it would be good to have him tested in as much as he is one person that people would really remember meeting, so it would help from a tracking point of view? Maybe?

The hatred for the royals on here always turns my stomach, it comes across as resentful bitterness. I don’t understand it and I’m not a royalist either. I’m indifferent.
He’s a 71 year old displaying symptoms, in Scotland he is entitled to a test, he had one. I hope he recovers quickly as I wish all that have the virus recover but unfortunately many won’t.

I imagine he paid for it

Deffo imagination - they announced he had in on NHS Scotland because he met the Scottish criteria

And I doubt they’d lie on the record - the default setting is to be silent, not lie, and it would be so easily and quickly bubbled if this were not true, no-one’s that stupid

Morning, everyone. Just a reminder to stick to our guidelines. We know we're all about ready to bite someone's head off right now but we will still have to delete any personal attacks.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to HRH, too.

Money!

He's in the high risk group, he's probably been in contact with a member of the Royal household who's got it, his mother is in her 90s and the Queen.

It's kind of a big deal.

Given that someone puts his toothpaste on his toothbrush for him, I imagine he won't be isolating from the many people who cook and clean and carry out various other duties

Given the way he talked about one of his secretaries some years back (he was sexist and racist about her) I doubt Charles Windsor even thinks of the people who work for him as fully human.

Edward
Louise
Frederick

Edward's son is James, not Frederick, and he comes before Louise.

Question is how closely has he been in contact with his mother?

I really can't bring myself to get worked up about this.

You weren't actually asking a question OP were you?

Of course he's going to be tested. He's the heir to the throne.

All NHS frontline staff should be tested too, I agree, but no one is going to let a member of the royal family just drop dead.

He’s the next king of England. Of course he’s going to get tested.

Anne
Peter
Zara

After Peter his daughters: Savannah and Isla, then Zara, followed by her daughters. Then David, Lord Snowden, and his children. And then the Chattos, and so on and so on.

He comes in to close contact with many people every week, those people need to made aware that he has COVID-19. That is why he has been tested.

He’s over 70, showed symptoms. Being royalty has fuck all to do with it.

I’m high risk, showed symptoms, got tested, along with my family. It’s how it works.

Oh FFS if you can’t understand why OP there’s no hope!

As others have said. He is in the high risk group and next in line to the throne who as part of his role has had a lot of recent contact with many people.
Don't be so utterly ridiculous OP

listsandbudgets secondary question - how closely has he been in touch with his wife?

I am a republican and I think there is more the Royals could be doing to support the nation's efforts - particularly, offering their large residences as hospital/recuperation/isolation space.

However, Charles has contact with multiple people so it was right to test him. I hope he recovers quickly, as I hope all confirmed sufferers do.