British queen’s husband, Prince Philip, admitted to hospital

Britain’s ninety nine-yr-previous Prince Philip has been admitted to a London medical center right after feeling unwell, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday.

The palace said the partner of Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to the personal King Edward VII Healthcare facility on Tuesday night.

It termed the admission “a precautionary measure” taken on the information of Philip’s physician. The palace said Philip is predicted to continue to be in the medical center for a several days of “observation and rest.”

Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, retired from public responsibilities in 2017 and rarely appears in public.

Throughout England’s latest coronavirus lockdown, he has been being at Windsor Castle, west of London, with the queen.

Philip married the then-Princess Elizabeth in 1947 and is the longest-serving royal consort in British record. He and the queen have 4 children, eight grandchildren and nine terrific-grandchildren.

A former naval officer and keen polo participant, Philip savored sturdy health nicely into previous age but has had a number of health difficulties in latest a long time.

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In 2011, he was rushed to a medical center by helicopter right after suffering upper body pains and handled for a blocked coronary artery. In 2017, he expended two evenings in the King Edward VII medical center and was hospitalized for ten days in 2018 for a hip replacement.

Philip was previous hospitalized in December 2019, expending 4 evenings in the King Edward VII Healthcare facility for what the palace said was planned treatment of a pre-current situation.

He was forced to give up driving at the age of 97, right after smashing into a motor vehicle while driving a Land Rover in the vicinity of Sandringham estate in January 2019. Philip essential enable to get out of the Land Rover but was not injured. A girl in the other auto suffered a broken wrist.