6 June 2013
Last updated at 19:55 GMT
Prince Philip admitted to hospital 
Prince Philip has been admitted to hospital for an exploratory operation, Buckingham Palace says.
6 June 2013
Last updated at 19:51 GMT
The operation will take place on Friday under general anaesthetic. It is a planned, not an emergency, admittance.
The Duke of Edinburgh, who will be 92 on 10 June, pulled out of an official engagement earlier this week.
In the last week, Prince Philip has been having unannounced
"abdominal investigations" at the hospital in central London, said BBC
royal correspondent Peter Hunt.
The Palace said in a statement that "further updates will be issued when appropriate".
On Monday, the Duke of Edinburgh pulled out of an engagement for the Royal National Institute of Blind People after becoming unwell ahead of last week's service marking 60 years since the Queen's Coronation.
Prince Philip attended the service at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday and was present at a garden party attended by the Queen at Buckingham Palace this afternoon.
Guests say he gave no signs of being unwell.
According to the BBC's royal correspondent, Prince Philip was driven to the clinic after the party and walked in unaided.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: "He is in very good health."
He stressed it was not an emergency admission and the decision was taken by the duke's doctors to carry out the exploratory operation after investigations and tests last week.
Police officers were standing guard outside the hospital ahead of Philip's operation.
In April, Buckingham Palace played down fears about the Duke of Edinburgh's health after he was pictured with purplish skin round his eye in Canada. It said he did not fall and simply woke up with the discoloration.
Philip, 91, has been admitted to hospital three other times in the past two years after suffering health scares.
In August 2012, he was treated at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for a bladder infection.
He spent four days in hospital over Christmas 2011, following an operation to clear a blocked heart artery.
And after attending events to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June, he was admitted to hospital for five nights, missing several days of festivities after sustaining a bladder infection.
Writing on Twitter Prime Minister David Cameron said: "My best wishes to the Duke of Edinburgh who is in hospital tonight. I hope he has a swift recovery."
Ahead of the garden party, the Queen invested her husband with New Zealand's highest honour to mark the Diamond Jubilee, making him an additional member of the Order of New Zealand.
BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the Duke of Edinburgh will miss the Trooping the Colour parade on 15 June, marking the Queen's official birthday.
Camilla Tominey, Royal editor for the Daily Express told the BBC: "Obviously he was at the garden party this afternoon so he must have known that he was going into hospital later that day, but decided to carry ahead with that engagement...
"Naturally Buckingham Palace is reluctant to go into too much detail because it concerns a key member of the royal family's health and personal affairs."
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Prince Philip has been admitted to hospital for an exploratory operation, Buckingham Palace says.
He was admitted to the London Clinic "following abdominal
investigations" and is expected to stay in the hospital for up to two
weeks.The operation will take place on Friday under general anaesthetic. It is a planned, not an emergency, admittance.
The Duke of Edinburgh, who will be 92 on 10 June, pulled out of an official engagement earlier this week.
Prince Philip was reportedly in good spirits at a garden party on Thursday, as the BBC's Nicholas Witchell reports
The Palace said in a statement that "further updates will be issued when appropriate".
On Monday, the Duke of Edinburgh pulled out of an engagement for the Royal National Institute of Blind People after becoming unwell ahead of last week's service marking 60 years since the Queen's Coronation.
Prince Philip attended the service at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday and was present at a garden party attended by the Queen at Buckingham Palace this afternoon.
Guests say he gave no signs of being unwell.
According to the BBC's royal correspondent, Prince Philip was driven to the clinic after the party and walked in unaided.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: "He is in very good health."
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She added: "He felt unwell on Monday and missed an engagement, but that was down to the fact he had temporarily lost his voice."
A Palace spokesman at the London Clinic described the Duke of Edinburgh as being in good spirits.He stressed it was not an emergency admission and the decision was taken by the duke's doctors to carry out the exploratory operation after investigations and tests last week.
Police officers were standing guard outside the hospital ahead of Philip's operation.
In April, Buckingham Palace played down fears about the Duke of Edinburgh's health after he was pictured with purplish skin round his eye in Canada. It said he did not fall and simply woke up with the discoloration.
Philip, 91, has been admitted to hospital three other times in the past two years after suffering health scares.
In August 2012, he was treated at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for a bladder infection.
He spent four days in hospital over Christmas 2011, following an operation to clear a blocked heart artery.
And after attending events to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June, he was admitted to hospital for five nights, missing several days of festivities after sustaining a bladder infection.
Writing on Twitter Prime Minister David Cameron said: "My best wishes to the Duke of Edinburgh who is in hospital tonight. I hope he has a swift recovery."
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Prince Philip's health
- August 2012 - spends night in hospital after recurrence of bladder infection
- June 2012 - taken to King Edward VII Hospital, London, with bladder infection
- December 2011 - taken to Papworth Hospital, Cambs, with chest pains - coronary stent fitted
- October 2011 - pulled out of trip to Italy due to a cold
- June 2010 - had surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome as a day patient at an undisclosed hospital
- January 2009 - pulled out of engagements due to back injury while carriage driving on his Norfolk estate
On Friday, Prince Philip was due
to accompany the Queen when she officially opens the BBC's New
Broadcasting House building in central London. The Queen will now
undertake the visit alone.
Philip was at the Queen's side at Westminster Abbey on
Tuesday for the coronation service and on Wednesday toured a Victorian
steamship, the SS Robin, in London's East End. Ahead of the garden party, the Queen invested her husband with New Zealand's highest honour to mark the Diamond Jubilee, making him an additional member of the Order of New Zealand.
BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said the Duke of Edinburgh will miss the Trooping the Colour parade on 15 June, marking the Queen's official birthday.
Camilla Tominey, Royal editor for the Daily Express told the BBC: "Obviously he was at the garden party this afternoon so he must have known that he was going into hospital later that day, but decided to carry ahead with that engagement...
"Naturally Buckingham Palace is reluctant to go into too much detail because it concerns a key member of the royal family's health and personal affairs."
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