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London, March 29 (TIWN) Princess Maria Teresa of Spain has died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the first royal victim of the disease, it was reported.
According to Fox News, the 86-year-old was a cousin of Spain's King Felipe VI. Her brother Prince Sixto Enrique de Borbon, the Duke of Aranjuez, announced on Facebook that she died after contracting COVID-19. The post reads, "On this afternoon... our sister Maria Teresa de Borbon Parma and Borbon Busset, a victim of the coronavirus COVID-19, died in Paris at the age of eighty-six." Princess Teresa's death comes weeks after King Felipe VI of Spain tested negative for the virus. According to People magazine, Born on July 28, 1933, Princess Maria Teresa studied in France and became a professor at Paris'' Sorbonne as well as a professor of Sociology at Madrid's Complutense University.
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