The grandson of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Prince Christian of Denmark, has contracted the coronavirus. This is reported by the office of the royal court.
After testing positive for the coronavirus, the 15-year-old prince went into self-isolation. He and his family will spend the next few weeks in the mansion of Frederick VIII, a separate building of the royal palace of Amalienborg.
Christian is second in line to the throne after his father, Crown Prince Frederik. Christian's grandmother, 80-year-old Queen Margrethe II, ascended the throne in 1972. She became the first female monarch in the history of the country.
The coronavirus pandemic has not bypassed the families of world leaders and royal houses. The first head of state to contract COVID-19 was Prince Albert II of Monaco. the infection also suffered The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles of Wales, . In addition, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, American leader Donald Trump and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin have been ill with coronavirus at different times.