Spanish Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma passed away aged 86 after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma was the cousin of King Felipe IV of Spain, died on Thursday from COVID-19.
She is the first member of a royal family to die from COVID-19.
The news of her death was confirmed by Prince Sixto Enrique de Bourbon, the brother of Princess Maria Teresa in a social media post.
“S.A.R. Don Sixto Enrique de Borbón communicates that this Thursday, March 26, 2020, has passed away in Paris, at eighty-six years old, his sister Maria Teresa de Bourbon Parma and Bourbon Busset, a victim of coronavirus COVID-19,” a translation of the prince’s announcement reads.