[St Charles Owl]

Disagree with the criticism of Prince Charles in those posts.  What do we expect him to do??  He is doing what we would expect anyone else to do, he is in the vulnerable age group and as far as I can tell he is asking for nothing over or above anyone else!!  As for using the NHS for the test, where else should he go, if he had been given a test by his personal doctor people would have criticized him for that more than using the NHS!!  And if we want to be critical of there being "one less test for the locals", then that should be squarely aimed at the NHS/Government etc, not a 70+ year old individual who has this virus!!

As for "we're all in this together", if anything proves that statement is correct, it is him getting it despite the privileged life he leads and the medical attention he gets!!  This virus isn't being picky as to who it chooses to infect.

SCO, I do feel sorry for Prince Charles in contracting Covid-19 and he is one of the people who will meet far more members of the public than most, in the course of his Royal and Duchy duties -  indeed, generally, I am one of his supporters. He is the heir to the throne and should automatically be tested for that reason. BUT I would much rather he had been tested privately, the same as he would have been treated if required, not on the NHS. AND he travelled north to Scotland despite showing mild symptoms, which is in direct contravention of Government and medical advice.

In previous posts I have been very critical of the Government, but in this case they are right and he is wrong.

I accept the travel aspect but if he had taken a private test then there would have been uproar!!! We are already seeing people criticising him for the privilege he does have, he would have been slaughtered if he had been able to use that privelide to get a private test!!! Even footballers were criticised when their clubs were able to test all their players. He was in a no win situation with the test through no fault of his own.