Belgian Prince diagnosed with coronavirus after he attended a party with his girlfriend in Spain.
A Belgian prince has been diagnosed with coronavirus just days after attending a private party in Spain which breached social distancing rules. Prince Joachim, the nephew of King Philippe of Belgium and ninth in line to the throne, attended the party on Tuesday in a private house in the city of Cordoba. The prince, 28, had arrived in Madrid two days earlier for a business trip but then took a high-speed train to Cordoba, where his long-term girlfriend Victoria Ortiz grew up. According to Spanish news outlet El Pais , 27 people attended the private party, which is nearly double the number of people (15) currently allowed to congregate under one roof in the Andalusian city. The same news organisation says the Belgian Royal Household confirmed that Prince Joachim attended the party. All the guests who attended the party are now in quarantine, while it is not clear whether the prince contracted the virus at the party or whether he already had the virus before