Princess Maria Teresa of Spain becomes first royal to die from coronavirus

Spanish Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal to pass away due to novel coronavirus complications.

The 86-year-old was a cousin of Spain's King Felipe VI. "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," Maria Teresa's brother Prince Sixto Enrique de Borbon, the Duke of Aranjuez posted on Facebook.