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The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital "as a precautionary measure", Buckingham Palace said. The Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to hospital "as a precautionary measure".
Philip was admitted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary while staying at Balmoral with the Queen, a spokeswoman said. Prince Philip, 91, was admitted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary while staying at Balmoral with the Queen, a spokeswoman said. No details were given about the reason for his hospitalisation.
Details of the reason for his admitance to hospital were not available. Philip had been attending Cowes Week in the Isle of Wight before flying by helicopter to join the Queen for the traditional summer break at Balmoral.
It comes two-and-a-half months after he spent five nights in hospital with a bladder infection following the diamond jubilee pageant on the River Thames. He was later taken to hospital by road and is being medically assessed.
The 91-year-old royal underwent a successful procedure to clear a blocked coronary artery last December and was in hospital for four nights over Christmas. It comes two months after he spent five nights in hospital with a bladder infection following the diamond jubilee pageant on the River Thames and missed being at the of the Queen during some of the celebrations. He was discharged in time to celebrate his 91st birthday.
Before the heart scare he had been fit and apparently healthy, and led the active life of a man of younger years. The duke, one of the most energetic members of the royal, has generally enjoyed good health.
In March this year his grandson Prince Harry said the operation had given him "a new spurt of life". At Christmas, he was admitted to Papworth hospital in Cambridgeshire after experiencing chest pains while at the Queen's Norfolk estate in Sandringham.
He was forced to miss some of the jubilee celebrations in June after he was admitted to hospital the day after braving the elements for the pageant. He was discharged four days after undergoing an emergency operation to treat a blocked coronary artery on Christmas Eve.
Philip was at the Queen's side during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics on 27 July and the following when they toured the Olympic Park. While officially described as a "minimally invasive procedure" to insert a metal stent into his artery to improve the flow of blood, it was by far the most serious sign of ill-health in the Queen's consort.
While in Scotland earlier this month he supported the Queen at engagements including hosting a tea party at Balmoral to mark the end of her diamond jubilee celebrations. A few days later, he made an appearance at a church service on New Year's Day and was applauded by the crowds who had gathered.