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BREAKING: Duke of Edinburgh, 99, in hospital

Prince Philip was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London, on Tuesday evening.
Royal spokesperson says it was taken as “precautionary measure, on the advice of His Royal Highness’s Doctor, after feeling unwell.

We are told the Duke of Edinburgh is “expected to remain in hospital for a few days of observation and rest.”
Prince Philip has been staying in Windsor with the Queen during the lockdown.

Prince Philip’s illness is not Covid related we are told. He travelled to central London by car and it was not treated as an emergency admission.
He walked in unaided.
Buckingham Palace call it “purely precautionary” as he “had been feeling unwell for a short period.

This is the official statement from Buckingham Palace about the Duke of Edinburgh

From a spokesperson at Downing Street: “The Prime Minister sends his best wishes to the Duke of Edinburgh as he undergoes a few days of rest in hospital.”
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Despite his father being admitted to hospital last night, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall went ahead with their own hospital visit today, at the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham. Here with Health Secretary @MattHancock
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We reported on 9 January, how the Queen, 94, and Duke of Edinburgh, 99, had been given their Covid vaccines. They were in the second highest priority group (over 80s).
Here: itv.com/news/2021-01-0…

What we know and what's been said...
All today's details about the Duke of Edinburgh's hospitalisation is here:
itv.com/news/2021-02-1…