Prince Philip leaves hospital to join royal family

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is driven from Papworth Hospital on Dec. 27 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. The Duke is returning to the Sandringham Estate to join other members of the Royal Family for Christmas after receiving treatment for a blocked artery.

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is driven from Papworth Hospital on Dec. 27 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

AP reports:

Britain's Prince Philip returned to the royal family's country estate Tuesday, after a spell in the hospital undergoing treatment for a blocked coronary artery.

Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's 90-year-old husband, spent four nights in the hospital recovering from a successful coronary stent procedure. He was taken to Papworth, a specialist heart hospital in Cambridge, on Friday after complaining of chest pains.

For the first time in years he was forced to miss the royal family's traditional Christmas festivities, which include attending a morning church service, viewing the queen's annual Christmas broadcast together, and a shooting party on Boxing Day.

For more information: Britain's Prince Philip leaves hospital.

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Britain's Prince Philip, the 90-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, has been released from hospital after successfully undergoing treatment for a blocked coronary artery. NBC's Michelle Kosinksi reports.

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glad he's doing better...hip...hip...

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Reply#1 - Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:10 AM EST
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whatever

    Reply#2 - Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:53 AM EST

    Glad to see he is up and about!

      Reply#3 - Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:54 AM EST

      Glad to see all went well and he's back home. God Bless to all the world!!!

        Reply#4 - Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:12 AM EST

        Excellent news! We need a standard bearer like Prince Philip these days when so much of our western civilization has been lowered. The Royal Family are highly welcomed and encouraged to visit Virginia any time. It would be great, come to think of it, to return to the Commonwealth and just forget this American democracy "thingy" that just didn't work out as planned. Oh Well! Thank God we do have the Royal Family!

          Reply#5 - Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:37 AM EST
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