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| Duke of Edinburgh in hospital following chest pains | Duke of Edinburgh in hospital following chest pains |
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| The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital in Cambridge after suffering chest pains, a Buckingham Palace spokesman has said. | |
| Prince Philip, who turned 90 in June, was taken from Sandringham to the cardiothoracic unit at Papworth Hospital for "precautionary tests". | |
| The Royal Family had been gathering at Sandringham, a traditional royal retreat in Norfolk, for Christmas. | |
| The BBC's Peter Hunt said it was not clear if he will stay in overnight. | |
| Our correspondent said the Prince was in strikingly good health and there had been no suggestion of ill health. | |
| Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said it was "very sad" and "clearly disruptive" for their family Christmas. | |
| Discussing the speed at which the royals released the information, she said: "Either this is more serious and therefore they felt they really must issue a statement, or they've simply moved with the times and it's going to get out in social media." | |
| Papworth is the UK's largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital and the country's main heart and lung transplant centre. | |
| It treats more than 22,800 inpatient and day cases and 53,400 outpatients each year. | |
| 'Safe rather than sorry' | |
| Prince Philip, who arrived at Sandringham on Monday, is the longest-serving royal consort and celebrated 64 years of marriage in November. | |
| He was last in hospital in April 2008, when he spent three days in London with a chest infection. | |
| And last October he pulled out of travelling to Assisi in Italy because he had a cold. | |
| He had just returned from an 11-day tour of Australia with the Queen. | |
| Former press secretary to the Queen, Dickie Aribiter, said: "He has had these chest pains before and I don't think it's anything untoward, but given his age they are being safe rather than sorry. | |
| "I am sure we are going to see him on Christmas Day and he can look forward to accompanying the Queen in the new year." |