His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London on Tuesday afternoon. Buckingham Palace has confirmed that 96-year-old Prince Philip has been admitted to…<\/b>
\nHis Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London on Tuesday afternoon.
\u201cHis Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to this afternoon, for planned surgery on his hip which will take place tomorrow.\u201d
According to a royal source, Prince Philip had planned to take part in the annual Mandy Thursday service, but opted out of the event after experiencing some \u201ctrouble with his hip.\u201d Leading up to the Easter week events, Philip also missed Prince Andrew\u2019s appointment as the new Colonel of the Granadier Guards on March 22. The palace has not confirmed whether or not his ongoing hip issues were the reason that the prince the opportunity to formally hand his role over to his son, a change in leadership that actually took place at the end of 2017.
Prior to December 2017, Prince Philip had held the position of Colonel of the Grenadier Guards since 1975.
Before resigning his position as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards at the end of last year, Prince Philip officially retired from his public life earlier in 2017. The royal has suffered from several health issues in recent years, including a brief hospitalization last June. According to Buckingham Palace, that two-day stint in the hospital was the result of an infection related to an unnamed \u201cpre-existing condition.\u201d
At 96.. I wish him all the best. That’s a lot to go through at any age.
\u2014 LM\u2764\ufe0f (@Rockchic65) April 3,2018
Notice Auld Prince Philip doesn’t wait 8 month on a waiting list for a hip operation
\u2014 me (@Albagubrath71) April 3,2018
Aww. Hope the Prince will feel better!!????????????????????????????????
\u2014 Patricia Wilson (@Patrici49625372) April 3,2018
Officially, Queen Elizabeth has supported Prince Philip\u2019s decision to retire. The Royal couple has been married for 70 years. Despite officially retiring in 2017, Philip appeared publicly with Queen and the rest of the royal family last December for Christmas morning church services, and even participated in the family\u2019s yearly walk in Sandringham.
The expected recovery time for Prince Philip\u2019s scheduled hip surgery has not been officially announced, and it is unknown if His Royal Highness will be fully ambulatory in time to attend Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19 at St. George\u2019s Chapel.
NEW: Prince Philip, 96, to undergo hip surgery after missing royal family’s Easter service. https:\/\/t.co\/6rWYtXb0Zu pic.twitter.com\/T3EHfhKR8m
\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) April 3,2018<\/p>\n

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