Prince Philip back in hospital!

Prince Philip back in hospital AGAIN!

Prince Phillip, aged 91, was yet again sent to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary while staying at Balmoral.

Prince Phillip originally suffered the infection before the Jubilee concert on 4 June, he is likely to remain in the NHS hospital for the next couple of days.

BBC correspondent, Peter Hunt, says:

"Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are at their private residence of Birkhall on the Balmoral Estate, while the Earl and Countess of Wessex are at Balmoral with the Queen"

 

'A new Phillip'

It is the third time in the past 9 months he has been rushed to hospital 3 times, including 4 days spent over Christmas, following an operation to clear a blocked artery.

Later in June, after braving the elements during the Jubilee boat pageant mark the Queen's 60-year reign, Prince Phillip was forced to miss a couple of days of festivals for a bladder infection.

Since then he has been in apparently good health, joining the Queen at the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics on 27 July, and touring the Olympic Park.

Prince Philip had travelled to Balmoral after viewing a number of Olympic events, including his granddaughter Zara Phillips's equestrian competition on 29 July.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "He has been resident at the castle for a short while, but whilst he has been there, he has also undertaken engagements on the Isle of Wight."

Peter Hunt
(Royal Correspondent) 

At 91 - despite insisting last year he was "sort of winding down" - Prince Philip has maintained a busy schedule in recent months. Last week he was in a jovial mood at a garden party at Balmoral and at the start of this week, he attended the Cowes Regatta on the Isle of Wight.

It was after he returned to the Highlands, that the prince began to feel unwell.

A doctor was called; and then an ambulance came to take the Queen's husband, by road, to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

Buckingham Palace says he has had a recurrence of the bladder infection he had two months ago and he is likely to receive treatment for the next few days.

At the height of the main Diamond Jubilee celebrations Philip had his first bladder infection. Asked whether he was better, as he left hospital on that occasion, the prince replied, true to form: "Well I wouldn't be coming out if I wasn't".

No further news has been said...