News Desk
Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, has spent a seventh night in hospital after being admitted as a precaution.
Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, walked into London’s private King Edward VII Hospital last Tuesday evening after he was advised by his doctor to be admitted after he felt unwell.
Buckingham Palace have said he was expected to remain at the hospital for a few days for observation and his 94-year-old wife has stayed at Windsor Castle, her home to the west of London where the couple have been during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Both royals have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and the Duke’s illness is not related to Covid-19.
A royal source has said it was expected he would remain in the hospital into this week and Philip was in good spirits. Prince William, son of heir Prince Charles, said on Monday his grandfather was “OK, they’re keeping an eye on him”.
The hospitalisation of Philip, who has been the queen’s confidante throughout her 69-year reign and the patriarch of the family, deprives the monarch of his counsel.
