Coronavirus: Belgian prince fined for breaking lockdown rules after attending party

Prince Joachim of Belgium has admitted to breaching coronavirus lockdown rules and apologised

Last week, the prince apologised, saying in a press release sent out by his lawyer:"I apologise for not respecting all quarantine measures during my trip. In these difficult times, I did not want to offend anyone.Rafaela Valenzuela, the Spanish government's regional envoy in Cordoba, previously called the gathering"completely irresponsible" and said it could have caused an outbreak of infections.

At one point, Spain had some of the strictest lockdown rules in Europe and was one of the countries hit worst by the pandemic. A total of 27,136 people have died with coronavirus in Spain, and there have been 242,280 confirmed cases, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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