Britain's Prince Charles has shared a video message, wishing Muslims across the UK and the Commonwealth a happy and healthy Ramadan. "I just wanted to convey my heartfelt best wishes to you all," he says in the video message, "and to tell you just how much my wife and I are thinking of you at this special time of year." The royal posted the video on social media on Friday, April 24, the first day of Ramadan, after joining a<a href="https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/home/homemade-tents-and-iftars-on-zoom-how-people-around-the-world-are-marking-ramadanathome-1.1011008"> virtual iftar</a> where the message was first shared. The video was posted with the hashtag "<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RamadanAtHome?src=hashtag_click">#RamadanAtHome</a>". The Prince of Wales then touched upon the coronavirus pandemic, and the ways it may affect typical Ramadan celebrations. "In different circumstances, this would have been a joyous time," he said. "Mosques would be filling with life, Muslim families would be coming together to share food and prayers and many of them would be inviting their neighbours and friends, of all faiths and none, to join them. "This year, of course, due to our ongoing public health crisis, none of this will be possible in the usual way." In March, Prince Charles tested positive for Covid-19. By Wednesday, April 1, the future king confirmed that he had <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/coronavirus-britain-s-prince-charles-confirms-recovery-from-coronavirus-1.1000353">recovered</a>, having only suffered mild symptoms. The video message goes on to pay tribute to the many Muslim healthcare and key workers in the NHS and further afield, offering his "profound admiration". He goes on to send his "deepest of sympathies" to the families of those who have lost loved ones to the "pernicious virus".
