BREAKING: Buckingham Palace confirms in a statement that the Duke of Edinburgh has left King Edward VII hospital and is now at St Batholomews Hospital
He was taken in an ambulance at 11:15 this morning.
The Palace says doctors will treat him for his ongoing infection - plus undertake "testing and observation" for a "pre-existing heart condition.
Prince Philip "remains comfortable and is responding to treatment" but they say the Duke is likely to remain in St Barts until "at least the end of the week".
According to its website, St Bartholomew's hospital, near St Pauls Cathedral in the city of London, is "a centre of excellence for both cardiac and cancer care."
St Barts is an NHS hospital which is "one of the country’s leading specialist cardiac centres, offering state-of-the-art treatments for the full range of heart conditions"
Prince Philip was treated for a blocked coronary artery in 2011 at Papworth Hospital bartshealth.nhs.uk/cardiovascular
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NEW: The Duchess of Sussex asks the High Court to order the Mail on Sunday to hand over copies over her private letter to her father Thomas Markle which was the crux of the privacy case she won against the newspaper last month. itv.com/news/2021-03-0…
Meghan asks Mail on Sunday to publish an apology "on a page no later than page 4" and "in a font and size" no smaller than the original story about her letter to Thomas Markle.
Meghan's lawyers also demand the Mail on Sunday prints "a statement on the front page" which says "the Duchess of Sussex wins her legal case for copyright infringement against Associated Newspapers for articles published in the Mail on Sunday and posted on Mail Online".
Lots of activity at the Duke of Edinburgh's hospital where a patient has been transferred into an ambulance after umbrellas and a police van were used to prevent the TV & press cameras recording anything. We can only imagine - although we don't know - this was for Prince Philip
This is what cameras were able to see from the legitimate public place from which they were filming.
The ambulance into which a person was transferred has left the hospital. We await confirmation from the Palace that this was the Duke of Edinburgh.
NEW: US network @CBS has released the first two extracts of the @Oprah interview with Meghan and Harry which airs on prime time TV on Sunday night.
Although here we only get Oprah’s questions (like “silent or silenced?”) and we don’t hear Meghan speak 👇
In the second clip released by @cbs of this Sunday’s @Oprah interview, Harry talks of how things were “unbelievably tough for the two of us” and spoke of his mother’s battles: “I can’t begin to imagine what it must have been like for her going through this process by herself” 👇
CBS now says the “primetime special” with Meghan and Harry has been extended from 90 minutes to 2 hours. It first broadcasts on Sunday 7 March from 8pm-10pm ET
NEW: Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirm to the Queen they are NOT coming back
Statement from Buckingham Palace: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have confirmed to Her Majesty The Queen that they will not be returning as working members of The Royal Family. “
More: “Following conversations with The Duke, The Queen has written confirming that in stepping away from the work of The Royal Family it is not possible to continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service.”
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.
A trial date has been provisionally set for the full Meghan versus Mail on Sunday privacy case: 11 January 2021
The court has been told that Meghan intends to call 4 witness as part of her privacy claim against the Mail on Sunday.
The newspaper will call 3 witnesses.
So total 7 witness in court