Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID-19.

According to a statement, the monarch is suffering from "moderate cold-like symptoms" and expects to continue performing minor tasks throughout the week.

The Queen is based at Windsor Castle, west of London, where a number of people have tested positive, according to reports. She had also been in communication with her eldest son, the Prince of Wales, and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, who both tested positive last week.

The Queen is believed to be the first person to have the Coronavirus, though the Prince of Wales contracted it in Spring 2020. Around the same time, his son, the Duke of Cambridge, contracted the illness. After obtaining her first vaccination in January 2021, the BBC's royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell stated it's "quite certain" that the Queen is completely immunized.

“She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines,” the statement from Buckingham Palace continued.

On February 6, the Queen, who is 95 years old, marked the 70th anniversary of her reign. Many plans are in the works for the public celebration of her Platinum Jubilee in June, though courtiers have been cautious in modifying the monarch's schedule due to recent health issues.

In October 2021, the Queen, who has always been in good health, spent the night in hospital for medical checks, and has since been taking things a little easier for the first time in her long reign.

The British Royal Family has had a rough week, culminating with today's medical pronouncement. On Tuesday, the Duke of York, the Queen's second son, agreed to pay an unknown sum to Virginia Guiffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who claimed she was trafficked for sexual activities with Prince Andrew in 2001, in an out-of-court settlement. While the settlement avoids the unseemly spectacle of a high-profile trial overshadowing the rest of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year, the nature of the claims, as well as new questions about how the settlement was paid by the Duke of York, has meant the story has not faded as senior royals had hoped.

Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales is the subject of a police inquiry into claims that he offered a Saudi billionaire a knighthood and British citizenship in exchange for large donations to his charity. The Duke of Sussex has filed a High Court complaint against the British Home Office, alleging that he was not allowed to pay for police protection for his family while visiting the UK. His memoir's publishers have stated that the book will be issued before the end of the year, for which he received a multi-million dollar advance.