UK News
Buckingham Palace: Prince Philip hospitalized for chest pains
Dec 23, 2011, 23:22 GMT
London - Britain's Price Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth, was hospitalized late Friday due to chest pains.
The royal couple were at Sandringham, their private country estate, when Philip, 90, began complaining of pain, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.
Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and father of Crown Prince Charles, was taken to the cardiothoracic unit at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge for precautionary testing.
Members of the royal family are gathering at Sandringham for the Christmas weekend.
Philip and Elizabeth, 85, completed an 11-day tour of Australia in October.
COMMENT
blog comments powered by DisqusLatest Headlines in UK
- 1. Cambridge beat Oxford in 158th Boat Race after midway halt
- 2. Gas flare at Total's North Sea platform self-extinguishes
- 3. A myth turns 100: Titanic still fascinates world
- 4. Source of North Sea platform gas leak located, says Total
- 5. Efforts under way to stop gas leak on North Sea platform
Older Talkback
